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Patient Experience Team – Cardiff and Vale University Health Board

As the Patient Experience Team for Cardiff and Vale University Health Board we pledge to;

• Provide information to all carers, ensuring they know their rights and what support is available to
them, allowing them to have a life alongside their caring role
• Continue to raise awareness of carers in our hospitals and communities supporting areas to
become more carer friendly
• Listen to carers and give them a voice
• Involve Carers in decision making and discharge arrangements

Commitments

I will support my mother who is an unpaid carer for my Dad and raise awareness of carers, their right and support available whenever possible. I will also learn more about the challenges our carers face so I am more ...
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We commit to working hard to ensure young carers are recognised and identified. We will make sure they are offered the support they deserve. We pledge to make sure they are recognised for the valuable contributions they make to their ...
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The Practice can highlight Carers and offer them support and signpost them to appropriate support agencies. We can also offer Carers appointments that will be convenient to themselves as a Carer, we appreciate that they are very busy and it ...
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We commit to being carer friendly, and working as a collaborative group to constantly improve support to carers at a practical level. As the group contains representation from all five Gwent local authorities, Aneurin Bevan University Health Board and the ...
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St Joseph’s RC High School, Newport, commits to the importance of raising awareness and vital support of our young carers and their families through a considered and researched ten-point plan of action. The intention is to deliver better outcomes, ...
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At Community Furniture Aid we continued to be aware of important role carers undertake every day. We will take every chance to promote this campaign that is close to our hearts
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“We will listen to what matters to carers and what will make a difference, and we will support carers to engage in personal development opportunities if this is their wish. “ “We understand how important it is to ensure that everyone ...
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We, as a Practice, recognise the support and issues that our patients need in their caring role. We commit to ensuring that all staff highlight our Carers and are able to signpost them to the appropriate local services provided. We ...
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As the Patient Experience Team for Cardiff and Vale University Health Board we pledge to; • Provide information to all carers, ensuring they know their rights and what support is available to them, allowing them to have a life alongside their ...
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The Mapping, Education & Carer Service (MECS) within ABUHB is a newly formed team consisting of dementia coordinators from various professional backgrounds, based within Gwent. One of the main aims of the service is to promote and facilitate carers’ education ...
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