Carers Wales has released the Track The Act 4 briefing

Legislation passed in Wales in 2014 was ground-breaking in creating a legal duty on local authorities to carry out needs assessments on carers and to meet their eligible needs.

This briefing from Carers Wales outlines the key findings and recommendations from our work in monitoring how effectively the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) 2014 Act (the Act) is being delivered, with a specific focus on unpaid carers.

It is the fourth annual briefing and covers the third year of the Act’s implementation, from 6 April 2018 to 6 April 2019.

In light of the findings from our research we have highlighted recommendations that Carers Wales believe need to be undertaken to remove the barriers in place that are preventing the successful implementation of the Act for the benefit of carers.

The PDF of the full report can be downloaded below.