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Care projects starting before strategy is set

WAITING for an overarching States strategy will not halt plans to improve the care, support and accommodation provided in the island.

Care projects starting before strategy is set
Care projects starting before strategy is set / Guernsey Press

Dr Stephen Langford, head of government strategy and business, said changes were already being made on the ground ahead of the Supported Living and Ageing Well Strategy (Slaws).

A working party was formed last year to consider what care, support and supported accommodation was needed in Guernsey, who would provide it and how it would be funded.

It included considering how to support people who lived at home and are cared for by their family members, people living in supported accommodation, as well as people who lived in residential and nursing homes, or in hospital, or in long-term off-island placements.

While the strategy would provide a clear vision going forward, Dr Langford, pictured, said there were already lots of projects under way.