Carers Wales makes the Welsh Assembly Government aware of issues in relation to service planning and provision for carers across Wales. "Designed for Life", the ten year strategic plan for the NHS in Wales, is changing the way that health services are delivered. Carers Wales felt it would be useful to gather information from each Local Health Board in Wales with regard to what support and services are currently available or planned for carers. A questionnaire was sent to all Chairs and Chief Executives of the Local Health Boards (LHBs) in Wales explaining the issues for carers and asking them…

The paper presented by Carers Wales to the Social Justice and Regeneration Committee of the National Assembly for Wales

Carers Wales' role is to improve things for all carers. One way to do this is to ensure that the Welsh Assembly Government is aware of the issues about service planning and provision for carers across Wales. The Carers Grant is now part of the Revenue Support Grant. We therefore thought it was a good time to gather information from each local authority about the support and services that are available for carers. So a survey questionnaire was sent to each Director of Social Services in November 2005. There was a 100% response from the Local Authorities in Wales. We…