Award of Stroke Support Services to The Stroke Association by Cumbria County Council

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Cumbria County Council awarded a contract to The Stroke Association for the delivery of an information and advice service and direct support for stroke survivors and carers of stroke survivors across Cumbria.

The person-centred service aimed to build support around the service user and/or carer, providing maximum choice, control, and flexibility in how support is received while maintaining dignity and respect.

The vision was to make a positive difference through community-based activities focused on prevention, recovery, and promoting independence, achieved via early intervention and ensuring people were well informed of available options.

This was intended to support the need for long-term care services and reduce unnecessary hospital admissions.

The service was required to be high quality, safe, support best practice, and provide value for money that meets the quality outcomes and safeguarding responsibilities of the Council.

For stroke survivors and carers, this meant being supported to live independently within their community, improve and maintain health and wellbeing, exercise maximum choice and control over their own life, benefit from raised profile and awareness of the needs of stroke survivors and their carers, be better informed through the provision of information, advice and support, participate as active and equal citizens both economically and socially, have the best quality of life and wellbeing irrespective of illness or disability, prevent, delay and reduce the need for care and support, and retain maximum dignity and respect.

The contract value was £72,000.