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Our Adult Social Care Strategies


Delivering Better Care

Our vision is to ensure that people can get:

  • the right care
  • in the right place
  • at the right time

to prevent, reduce or delay the need for ongoing support and maximise their independence.

Our Adult Social Care strategies are co-produced through engagement and consultation with our:

You may request copies of any of this information in a different format.


Adult Social Care Strategy 2022-26

Our Adult Social Care Strategy for 2022-26 is made up of our:

  • Maximising Independence Strategy, and
  • Better Lives Commissioning Strategy

These should be read together.

Maximising Independence Strategy

Our Maximising Independence Strategy is our universal offer for people who use adult social care services. The main focus of this will be support for:

  • older people
  • people with physical disabilities and / or sensory loss
  • carers

It should be read together with our Better Lives Commissioning Strategy.

View our Maximising Independence Strategy

Better Lives Commissioning Strategy

Our Better Lives Commissioning Strategy is for people in Cornwall aged 18 to 64 with:

  • learning disabilities
  • autism, and
  • mental health needs

It sets out six clear strategic intentions for the commissioning and delivery of:

  • support, and
  • services

for adults with learning disabilities and adults with autism.

View our Better Lives Strategy


Adult Carers Strategy 2020-25

A person is considered a carer if they provide unpaid care to someone who has needs arising from a physical or mental condition.

Our key objective is to ensure Carers can maintain their own physical, and mental health and wellbeing. This is to achieve a balance between their caring responsibilities and a life outside caring. While enabling the person they support to enjoy the best quality of life. 

View our Adult Carers Strategy


Dementia Strategy and Delivery Plan 2023-28

This strategy set out the actions to deliver the well pathway for dementia, specifically:

  • preventing well
  • diagnosing well
  • treating well
  • supporting well
  • living well
  • dying well

View our Dementia Strategy and Delivery Plan


Supported and Specialist Housing Strategy 2023-50

This strategy covers our approach to specialist, supported and accessible homes
for:

  • people at risk of homelessness, including:
    • people with multiple and complex needs
    • rough sleepers
    • people experiencing domestic abuse
    • young people (including care leavers, young parents)
    • offenders
    • people with drug / alcohol related needs
    • refugees
  • people with learning disabilities and / or autistic people
  • people with serious mental health needs
  • people with physical disabilities / long term conditions
  • older people (people aged 55+)

View our Supported and Specialist Housing Strategy

You can also view our summary document.


Digitally Enabled Care and Wellbeing Blueprint 2023-26

Digital transformation in the health and care sector is about making the best use of technology to improve:

  • the organisation
  • quality of care
  • delivery of care

to improve outcomes for people.

It involves people, process and technology with the intention of changing the way an organisation operates for the better.

View our Digitally Enabled Care and Wellbeing Blueprint


Our Strategic Commissioning Intentions

Our Strategic Commissioning Intensions sets out our plan for delivering our strategies.

View our Strategic Commissioning Intentions


Market Position Statement

Cornwall is embarking on a period of very significant social care transformation. Our Market Position Statement (MPS) provides a summary of the local demand and supply for services. It is intended to highlight business opportunities within the care market. This is to facilitate future business planning, including:

  • service delivery
  • workforce development,
  • and capital investment

View our Joint Market Position Statement

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