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The Welsh Government has announced that it is renewing its commitment to unpaid carers by launching the Strategy for Unpaid Carers and national priorities. This follows the one year anniversary of the first coronavirus (COVID-19) lockdown in Wales, where many more individuals took on the role of unpaid carer, amounting to an estimated 370,000 unpaid carers in Wales. The strategy outlines how the Welsh Government is supporting unpaid carers via local authority funding to allow them to fulfil their duties toward unpaid carers under the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014, as well as funding to Local Health Boards, for example, and revised national priorities.
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