Adults Wellbeing and Health Partnerships Short Breaks Policy Consultation

Thank you for your interest in our draft Adults, Wellbeing and Health Partnership (AWHP) Short Breaks Policy for adults with eligible care and support needs and their carers and families. Short breaks are also known as respite care. We will refer simply to the ‘policy’ from this point on.

This draft policy:

• presents Surrey County Council’s statutory duties under the Care Act 2014 to meet assessed eligible need, and
• acknowledges the importance of carers having regular breaks from their caring responsibilities

The policy outlines how short breaks will be offered, the eligibility criteria, and the types of support available.

It aims to ensure that services are fair, transparent, and tailored individual needs, while making best use of available resources. For the purposes of the policy, a carer is an unpaid person, usually a family member, who provides care and support to an adult aged 18 or over. This care is given within the home to someone who cannot manage their daily living skills without assistance.

We would welcome your views to help shape this draft policy.

Alternative formats

Alternative versions of the consultation documents (both the draft AWHP Short Breaks Policy and consultation questionnaire) are available to download in a range of formats on the right hand side.

If you would like a hard copy of any of the alternative formats of the policy and/or questionnaire, (including a stamped addressed envelope to return the questionnaire), please contact Surrey County Council (see further information below).

This survey is compatible with speech recognition software and screen readers. You can find large print and easy read versions of this survey to the right under supporting documents.

The Equality Impact Assessment will be published shortly.

Privacy

All responses are strictly confidential, and your data will be used in-line with our privacy notice. You can request a copy by contacting Surrey County Council.

For more information on the privacy of Surrey Says, please see the Zencity privacy policy

Closing date

This consultation is open from Monday 12 January 2026 and will close at 23:59 on Sunday 8 March 2026.

Further information

If you have any questions or you would like the questionnaire in a different format including hard copy with a stamped addressed envelope, please contact us as follows:

• Telephone: 0300 200 1005
• Textphone (via Relay UK): 18001 0300 200 1005
• British Sign Language: SignLive Video Relay Service
• Email: AWHPshortbreaks.consultation@surreycc.gov.uk
• Write to us: AWHP short breaks consultation, Surrey County Council, Adults, Wellbeing and Health Partnerships, Disabilities Commissioning Team, Woodhatch Place, 11 Cockshot Hill, Reigate, RH2 8EF