{"id":888,"date":"2025-09-16T10:13:33","date_gmt":"2025-09-16T09:13:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beta.devon.gov.uk\/strategic-plan-new\/?page_id=888"},"modified":"2025-10-14T15:26:43","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T14:26:43","slug":"supporting-independence-and-dignity","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/strategic-plan\/supporting-independence-and-dignity\/","title":{"rendered":"Supporting independence and dignity\u202f\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Supporting independence and dignity\u202f<\/h1><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n\n\n
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Everyone in Devon deserves to live with dignity, independence, and connection, whether they are growing older, living with a disability or a long-term condition, or caring for someone else. Supporting independence is not only a matter of rights and respect, it is a foundation for healthy communities, sustainable services, and personal wellbeing.\u202f<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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What it means and why it matters<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

This priority reflects our role in adult social care, public health, and community partnerships. It acknowledges the systemic pressures people face, from isolation and poor housing to the complexity of navigating services. It recognises the extraordinary value and role of unpaid carers, the importance of personalised support, and the urgent need to reform fragmented systems so that people only need to tell their story once.\u202f<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We all want to live in the place we call home, with the people and things that we love, in communities where we look out for one another, doing the things that matter to us. Our aim is to move away from crisis-driven care and towards a preventative, relational, and person-centred approach that enables people to live full and connected lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Working with NHS partners to deliver the NHS 10-year plan\u2019s three strategic shifts \u2013 delivering more care in communities, embracing digital innovation, and prioritising prevention \u2013 we will ensure people receive the right support, at the right time, in the right place, empowering them to live the lives they choose.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We recognise the strong interdependence between our services and those of the NHS and have established enduring partnerships that support the delivery of integrated adult social care and public health across Devon. These relationships, underpinned by shared roles and governance, provide a solid foundation for future collaboration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As both organisations face increasing resource pressures and adapt to structural changes within the integrated care board, maintaining trust and fostering effective engagement at both leadership and operational levels will be critical. Achieving better outcomes will depend on our ability to work together, with continued focus on engaging providers, community partners, and the Voluntary, Community, and Social Enterprise (VCSE) sector.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Our six commitments<\/h2><\/header>