Carers Strategy 2025-2028
The Carers (Scotland) Act 2016 requires local authorities and health boards to jointly prepare and publish a local Unpaid Carers Strategy. This must show how they will
- support people in their caring role
- ensure that their rights are met
- identify Carers who are not currently receiving support services
The D & G Carers Strategy was approved by the IJB on the 17th of December 2024. The associated Delivery plan was approved at the IJB on the 4th of March 2025. These documents
- Consider the needs of people who provide unpaid care and acknowledges how much care they provide
- Reflect what Carers have told us matters to them and the impact their caring role has on them
- Align with and provides a local response to the National Carers Strategy published by Scottish Government in December 2022
- Describe how Dumfries and Galloway Integration Joint Board (IJB) aims to support Carers and ensure their rights are upheld/met
- Highlights the need to establish measures and indicators to monitor progress
The Carers Strategy is available in Easy Read format and other formats are available on request.
Carers Delivery Plan 2025 – 2028
Carers Strategy 2025 – 2028
Easy Read Carers Strategy