The Triangle of Care - Creating a Carer Inclusive Health Service

Carers Trust has led on the Triangle of Care, Carers Included since 2010, through the work that has been undertaken over this period with NHS services providing mental health, substance misuse, learning disability & older... [ view full abstract ]

Carers Trust has led on the Triangle of Care, Carers Included since 2010, through the work that has been undertaken over this period with NHS services providing mental health, substance misuse, learning disability & older people's service we have gained an increasing insight into the culture of health services in England. The Triangle of Care began as a project to improve carer involvement in inpatient mental health services and has developed to be a programme that seeks to change the culture of health services to that of a whole family model.
The workshop will present the experiences of six years of implementation looking at what has been achieved, the challenges and the resources to support services to be carer inclusive. It will work with workshop members to understand the challenges for UK health services to move to a whole family working system and its benefits of prevention, holistic and partnership working.
The session will draw on international experiences to understand and explore whether health will truly be holistic and whole family or are we too entrenched to the medical model.