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Dear Colleague

Do you support adults 30+ years with a learning disability or their carers?

Then hopefully you are aware of the large piece of engagement Healthwatch South Tees is currently undertaking across South Tees, to identify what is needed to improve planning processes for when families can no longer support their family member, with a learning disability, to stay at home.

The Herbert Protocol is a form that carers, family or friends of a vulnerable person, or the person themselves can fill in.

It contains a list of information to help the police if the person goes missing, including:

• medication required
• mobile numbers
• places previously located
• a recent photograph

Dementia diagnosis rates have stagnated, many are facing dementia alone, without access to the vital support that a diagnosis can bring.

This Dementia Action Week, Alzhiemer’s Society is encouraging individuals and their families to seek a timely diagnosis and avoid reaching crisis point.

Getting a diagnosis can be daunting, but they believe it’s better to know. And so do 91% of people living with dementia.

Below is the activity timetable for the week.

Please find below resources for Carers Week 2023 including our Carers Week Guide, Carers Week Timetable and Carers GP Registration Form. Here are some png files you can save and use, downloadable pdf versions for appropriate items are also available below.

Supporting local Carers Week campaign

If your GP (General Practitioner) knows that you are a carer, they can provide you with really useful support, advice and information. They can signpost you to the We Care You Care website or guide for information to help you and contact details for local support.

ICA stands for Independent Complaints Advocacy. We can help if you feel you have not had the service you expect from the National Health Service (NHS) and want to complain. When your health care is provided by the NHS you are allowed to make a complaint using the NHS complaints process. An NHS complaint might include something that happened during care or treatment at: