Issue - meetings

[To approve Our Commitment to All Age Carers 2022]

1.      That the Our Commitment to All Age Carers be approved and endorsed.

2.      That the Health and Well-being Board consider Our Commitment to All Age Carers and oversee the implementation of the plan.

3.      That it be noted that the priorities set out in Our Commitment to All Age Carers have been developed through engagement and conversations with carers and professionals in the city.

Councillor Linda Leach presented for approval and endorsement the Council’s ambitions and commitment to carers of all ages living in Wolverhampton. The Commitment described the Council's priorities for carers and the cross cutting values that would underpin all the work undertaken to implement it. She reported that carers are the bedrock of our social care system. Their importance had always been understood but the global Covid-19 pandemic highlighted how crucial carers are. Carers and our attitude towards them should be front and centre of our thinking when building future social care. The Commitment would be regularly reviewed and it was recommended that the Health and Wellbeing Board oversee its implementation.

Resolved:

1.    That the Our Commitment to All Age Carers be approved and endorsed.

2.    That the Health and Wellbeing Board consider Our Commitment to All Age Carers and oversee the implementation of the plan.

3.    That it be noted that the priorities set out in Our Commitment to All Age Carers have been developed through engagement and conversations with carers and professionals in the city.