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Cooperation, partnership and integration
9. Create an environment which permits radical change and encourages innovation rather than trying to do more of the same with less.
10. Use the population assessment as the basis for the development of integrated commissioning across service areas, based on a common understanding of need.
11. Developconsistentdeliverymodelsacrossserviceareasandtheregion,basedon a shared strategic vision and the principles within the Act; ensuring common standards to all residents in West Wales.
12. Usethispopulationassessmentasabasisfordetailedmodellingoffuturescenarios to understand the interdependencies and impact on care and support services of, for example, demographic increases in the older population, and expected increases in known carers and victims of violence against women, domestic abuse and sexual abuse. There is a need to understand how future conditions in the area might impact on social services provision and the extent and diversity of needs for social services over the next 10 -25 years.
13. Pool funds and other resources where appropriate to optimise their impact and support seamles delivery.
14. Engagestrategicallywithprovidersacrossallsectorstodevelopservicesandbuild sustainable markets for the future.
15. Work with partners across the public sector and others to embed a preventative approach, promote wellbeing, optimise resources and address specific challenges such as accessibility of services in predominantly rural area.
1.5. Thematic Reports
Key messages within the thematic reports are provided below.
Carers
• Allofuswillhaveourlivestouchedbycaringatsomepoint:3in5ofuswillbecarers and many of us will also need care in our lifetime (Carers UK, 2001). Carers are the mothers, fathers, sons, daughters, siblings, spouses, friends and neighbours who provide unpaid care, caring at home, picking up prescriptions, changing dressings, providing much needed emotional support and much more, and often neglecting their own health and wellbeing needs. Carers are vital to those they care for and to the foundation of the health and social care system.
• Around 1 in 8 people in West Wales, many of them young people, are providing unpaid care with a significant proportion providing between 20 to 50+ hours of unpaid care per week.
West Wales Population Assessment March 2017 Executive Summary