This places a statutory duty on NHS Boards to produce a Carer Information Strategy that meets set minimum requirements. Some of the minimum requirements that each strategy must include are:
There are also a range of best practice recommendations that Boards could consider in their planning but the Executive have no powers to insist that these are included. These include formal referral procedures to local support agencies.
NHS Boards must submit their strategies by 29 December 2006 (this was originally 31 October 2006). Boards who meet the original deadline must implement from the 1 April 2007 and those who received an extension implement from 1 May 2007
Download Carers Scotland summary of NHS Carer Information Strategies guidance
Download the full guidance for NHS boards on developing their Carer Information Strategy
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