Every area of Scotland is required to have a carers’ strategy ACTION to ensure unpaid carers are supported throughout the coronavirus crisis has become a key priority for health and social care chiefs in West Dunbartonshire. The area’s health and social care partnership (HSCP) is working on an action plan to ensure people who provide voluntary care to a loved one are properly looked after, while making sure the carer looks out for their own health and wellbeing. The HSCP’s carers’ strategy is underpinned by the Carers (Scotland) Act 2016, which requires each local authority and relevant health board in Scotland to prepare a statutory local carers strategy, as well as extending and enhancing the rights of unpaid carers.