Carers Strategy
The Newham Health and Care Partnership Board have agreed that the five priorities will become our Newham place-based commitments. Each partner (e.g. Adult Social Care, Children’s and Young People’s Services, Primary Care, ELFT and Barts) will publish an annual Action Plan.
Progress toward the actions in these Plans will be reported to the Board on a bi-annual basis, and an annual progress report will be published every spring (with the first one due in 2026).
Please see below our five Newham place-based commitments:
- Recognise and raise the profile of Carers in the borough; and support residents to identify themselves as a Carer early in their caring journey
- Involve, listen and respect Carers in planning the care and support which the cared for individual receives - enabling safe, effective and personalised care; with a marked increase in carers assessments and combined assessments
- Empower Carers to manage their caring role so that they are able to look after their own health and wellbeing and have a life of their own alongside their caring responsibilities
- Support Carers to maintain and fulfil their education and employment potential so that they are free from financial disadvantage related to their caring role
- Support Young Carers from inappropriate caring and provide the support they need to learn, develop and thrive; and enjoy a positive childhood.
The 2021-24 Carers Strategy Action Plan was developed with over 500 Carers to understand what was important to them, and what we could do to better support them in their caring role. Using this feedback, and in partnership with our partners across Health.
The actions have been reviewed and a You Said, Together We Did document produced to advise Carers, colleagues and partners of the progress towards each action.
Please click here to view the document.
