Consultations

Surrey County Council and the NHS in Surrey want YOUR views on services for carers. What works for you? What doesn't? What do you think of Action for Carers's services? What's most important to you? We need you to feedback.

East Surrey Hospital are looking for people who have had recent experience of using and/or caring for someone who uses East Surrey services/psychiatric liaison to take part in a five day improvement event focused on developing the new hospital. You'd need to attend all five days (possibly virtual) 12-16 October. Please email emma.binley@sabp.nhs.uk

Young people with Special Educational Needs and/or a Disability (SEND), their parent/carers and the practitioners supporting them, can now share their views and experiences of the Surrey Local Offer website, to help develop a better website.

Surrey's Independent Mental Health Network are carrying out a short survey regarding mental health crisis support during the current Coronavirus pandemic. Please click to complete the survey.

SCC will be re-tendering its contracts for the provision of home-based care soon and wants to review the service and what people need. If you currently receive the home care service please give your views in the online Survey (There are alternate versions (eg large print) available, and you can call 0300 200 1005 for a postal copy.) CLOSES 25th October.

Active Surrey are beginning to develop a new physical activity strategy for the county. With this in mind they’re asking a wide range of people some questions to try and draw out the role and importance of movement/physical activity in people’s lives. They are particularly keen to hear from carers.

Hull University is looking into people’s experiences of keeping in touch with families and friends while care homes have been closed to visitors. It asks about things that have worked well and helped them stay in touch, as well as things that did not work well.

This new survey designed to understand how COVID continues to impact carers’ lives, following on from our previous survey, ‘Caring Behind Closed Doors’. Moving toward winter, they want to campaign to ensure carers get all the support they need. Open until 27th September.

Carers Trust's new survey aims to find out what support carers need from government to help them in their caring role, and how social care reform could support carers more effectively. The findings of the survey will help inform Carers Trust campaign to improve the future support available to carers from the government. Open until 18 October.