Older People's Strategy - Newcastle City Council

66this structure through the Older People’s Local ImplementationTeam, which has responsibility for monitoring the implementationof the National Service Framework for Older People.The emerging Joint Commissioning Strategy (Health and SocialCare) and Long Term Conditions Strategy provide details onthe way in which health and social care services are providedfor older people in the city.The Newcastle Carers Strategy and Action Plan was publishedin March 2006 and sets out how social services, health servicesand voluntary organisations will develop services over the nextthree years to support carers(www.newcastle.gov.uk/core.nsf/a/carersstrategy).Many people, both men and women, are mistreated or harmed bysomeone during their lifetime. It is very hard for people who havebeen harmed to talk about it because they might feel ashamed,embarrassed or think that no-one is going to believe whathappened to them. In October 2006, Newcastle’s SafeguardingAdults Committee published an interagency policy to addressthis issue (www.newcastle.gov.uk/core.nsf/a/adultsprotect).A major training programme is being developed for staff inall agencies, as well as an awareness-raising programme forolder people and carers.In Newcastle, a strategy for older people with mental healthproblems is being developed which will ensure the deliveryof the vision within Everybody’s Business: Integrated mentalhealth services for older adults (CSIP November 2005). Theviews of older people and carers are essential in developinga whole-systems approach.