Decision details

In order to improve support to family carers and meet the requirements of the Care Bill the Board will be asked to:

1.  Agree a new Joint Carers Strategy between LBBD and Clinical Commissioning Group and proposed revisions to existing commissioning requirements

2.  Authorise the Corporate Director of Adult and Community Services, with the Chief Operating Officer, Barking and Dagenham Clinical Commissioning Group, and in consultation with the Head of Legal and Democratic Services to seek tenders for Carers Services.

Having considered the outcomes, the sources of evidence, links to other strategies and frameworks and proposed actions which would deliver the required support for carers, as set out in Appendix 1 to the report, the Board:

(i)  Approved the content of Appendix 1 as the basis for the final Joint Carers Strategy, which will be presented to the Board’s 9 December 2014 meeting for final sign off; and

(ii)  Noted the proposed approach to extending the current carers’ support contract and drawing up a more detailed approach to commissioning future services based on the general commissioning intentions set out in the report.