You are invited to take part in an important discussion about Hospital Discharge and Care at Home Services.

Lana Ray, Team Manager – Central Locality, at Falkirk Health and Social Care Partnership (FHSCP), is keen to hear directly about your experiences. This is an opportunity to share what matters most to you, highlight what is working well, and help shape improvements for carers and the people you support.

To attend this consultation, please register here by 10 am on Wednesday 11 February.

Falkirk Health and Social Care Partnership (FHSCP) are seeking initial insights from carers to help identify key priorities for the next Falkirk Carers Strategy (2026 – 2029). 

The strategy sets out how unpaid carers will be identified and supported, and how carers’ rights will be protected under the Carers (Scotland) Act 2016. This survey is for carers only. A wider programme of public engagement will take place soon as part of the Falkirk HSCP Strategic Plan engagement activity. 

The Partnership thanks you for taking the time to share your views, as it will help them create a strategy that is realistic, achievable, and shaped by carers’ voices.

Take the survey here by Sunday 15 February: Shaping the Future for Carers in Falkirk

Beth Allen, Policy Officer at Age Scotland, will be seeking your views about the issue that carers are unable to claim Carer Support Payment (formerly known as Carers Allowance) whilst in receipt of state pension.

Earlier this year, some of you kindly completed some questionnaires regarding this topic. The results have prompted Beth to come to the centre to have a more in-depth conversation with some carers in person because she feels your insights will be invaluable. You are welcome to attend regardless of whether you’ve completed any of the previous questionnaires.

Beth, whose role involves monitoring, analysing and influencing developments in policy which impact people affected by dementia, plans to raise your views and add them to ‘The Big Survey’ carried out by Age Scotland to help achieve meaningful change for Scotland’s carers.

Falkirk Health and Social Care Partnership (HSCP) is working in partnership with Falkirk Council on a new Trauma-Informed Strategy and Action Plan, which aims to improve various services available across the Falkirk District.

They want to ensure that their plans draw on real-life experiences and are grounded in what matters most to the community. Your insights, as a carer, will be invaluable in highlighting what works and what needs to change