Carers, transitions and co-production (from October 2024-April 2025)

Transitions, including service transitions (such as from hospital; from children’s to adults’ services and into a residential care setting) can be experienced as ‘shocks’ or as stressful both for the person experiencing them and those who care for them. This Network will focus on carers (unpaid or ‘informal’ as opposed to care workers) and how they can be better involved during periods of transition. Sometimes carers are ‘forgotten’ or ‘taken for granted’ in the processes and decision-making, and the aim of this Network is to explore how they can be more involved in ways that align with the values of ‘co-production’.