Issue - meetings

 Report by Alison Elliot, Corporate Director

Councillors Jerry Wickham and Laura Mayes presented the report which requested that, subject to the addressing of any concerns raised by the Children’s Trust Commissioning Executive and during scrutiny by the  Children’s Select Committees, Cabinet be requested to recommend the draft Carers in Wiltshire Strategy 2017 – 22 to full Council in February 2018 and, subject to approval by full Council, this strategy be published in March 2018.

Matters highlighted in the course of the presentation and discussion included: that the strategy was a combination of two previous strategies that sought to cover all ages; that the provisions had been reviewed following different statutory changes; that officers had been waiting for publication of national strategy to complete review; and that carers groups and health watch had helped in consultation and co-production of the strategy.

In response to issues raised by Councillor Jon Hubbard regarding statutory requirements including addressing specialist needs, Terence Herbert stated that he would follow up to provide an answer.

Resolved

Reasons for Decision:

The draft Carers in Wiltshire Joint Strategy 2017 – 22 (Appendix 1) is intended to build on the progress since the publication of the Joint Wiltshire Carers’ Strategy in 2012.