Agenda item - Supporting Carers - Carers Rapid Needs Assessment; Carers Strategy; and Carers Commissioning Intentions

20.1    Gemma Scambler, Joint Carers Commissioning Manager, introduced the report, emphasising the financial value that carers provide both in national (£136B per year) and in local (£437M per year) terms.

20.2    Cllr Brown welcomed the report, singling-out work to identify carers who aren’t currently known to services, particularly you ng carers.

20.3    Cllr Barford welcomed the exciting report and told members that, in her professional role, she meets a number of carers and recommends that they undertake carer assessments. Recent feedback from carers has been that they have found the assessments, and the subsequent support they have received, to be highly beneficial.

20.4    Pinaki Ghoshal stressed the importance of maintaining good liaison with children’s services.

20.5    RESOLVED – That the Board approves the new Carers Commissioning Strategy and grants delegated authority to the Director of Adult Social Care to conduct a procurement process for the provision of a Carers Hub and to enter into the subsequent contracts.