Under the Care Act 2014, Local Authorities must promote carers’ wellbeing and prevent their needs from escalating. Breaks have a potentially crucial role in helping local authorities meet their Care Act Duties. The survey was conducted to enable co-production by ensuring carers have a voice and are involved in planning the specific services, enable them to make informed choices about access to care support, health, and wellbeing, ensure that both young and adult carers have opportunities to be heard and review other opportunities that are there for carers to take a break.
The survey was to gauge the demand and current state of access and provision of carers break and ran for 12 weeks from May 2023 to August 2023.
