PART 5LOCAL CARER STRATEGIES
31Duty to prepare local carer strategy
1
Each local authority and relevant health board must jointly prepare a local carer strategy.
2
A local carer strategy means a document setting out—
a
plans for identifying relevant carers and obtaining information about the care they provide or intend to provide to cared-for persons in the local authority’s area,
b
an assessment of the demand for support to relevant carers,
c
the support available to relevant carers in the authority’s area from—
i
the authority,
ii
the relevant health board,
iii
such other persons and bodies as the authority and relevant health board consider appropriate,
d
an assessment of the extent to which demand for support to relevant carers is currently not being met,
e
plans for supporting relevant carers,
f
plans for helping relevant carers put arrangements in place for the provision of care to cared-for persons in emergencies,
g
an assessment of the extent to which plans for supporting relevant carers may reduce any impact of caring on relevant carers’ health and wellbeing,
h
the intended timescales for preparing adult carer support plans and young carer statements,
i
such other information as the authority and relevant health board consider appropriate.
3
A local carer strategy must contain information relating to the particular needs and circumstances of young carers.
4
Before preparing a local carer strategy, the local authority and the relevant health board must jointly—
a
consult such persons and bodies representative of carers as they consider appropriate, and
b
take such steps as they consider appropriate to involve relevant carers.
5
In this section “relevant carers” means—
a
carers who reside in the area of a local authority (whether or not they provide or intend to provide care for cared-for persons in that area), and
b
carers who do not reside in the authority’s area but who provide or intend to provide care to cared-for persons in that area.
6
In this Part “relevant health board”, in relation to a local authority, means—
a
if the area of the local authority is the same as that of a health board, that health board,
b
if the area of the local authority is not the same as that of a health board, the health board within whose area the area of the local authority falls.