A Carers Strategy for Hertfordshire 2022-25

A new Carers Strategy for Hertfordshire has been published. This aims to support carers’ wellbeing to help them to balance caring with their own needs. For the first time a single Strategy for Adult Carers and Young Carers has been developed to ensure support continues smoothly as young people reach adulthood. 

The four objectives, based on carers’ own priorities, embedded in this Strategy are: be informed; life beyond caring; maintaining health and wellbeing; and receiving consistent, joined up services.

Hertfordshire County Council, Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care Board (and previously Herts Valleys Clinical Commissioning Group and East & North Herts Clinical Commissioning Group) worked with carers to develop this Strategy. This reaffirms their joint commitment to partnership working between carers, health and social care providers and other agencies.

We have a strong voluntary and community sector in Hertfordshire which works effectively in partnership with statutory organisations. By identifying carers earlier and ensuring they are put in touch with voluntary sector and community sources of support, we can prevent carers falling into crisis and ease the demand on statutory sector resources.

Different caring experiences have been considered when developing this Strategy to ensure that it is inclusive of the evolving needs of all carers who live in or provide care in Hertfordshire. 

View the Carers Strategy at www.hertfordshire.gov.uk/carersstrategy