Free service launched to support people in Moray with health and care decisions
This month (October) we’ve started a new contract with Health & Social Care Moray to provide an advocacy service for adults across Moray to be heard in decisions about their health, care and wellbeing.
Our advocacy service provides free support for all people in Moray accessing community care services.
This includes people with a mental health condition or a learning disability, autistic people, people with dementia, and physical and sensory disabilities. The support is also available for unpaid carers.
VoiceAbility’s Moray team
An advocate can help you to understand information about your rights and options, and ask questions so you can say what you want.
They also support people to have their voice heard and represent themselves, and be fully involved in decisions about their health, social care, and wellbeing.
These services are in addition to our Scotland-wide advocacy service, which has been supporting disabled people across the country to access benefits since April 2022.
Judith Proctor, Interim Chief Officer of Health & Social Care Moray, said: “Advocacy is about empowering people to have a voice and to ensure they are meaningfully involved and their wishes are fully considered when decisions are being made about their lives.
It’s important Moray citizens continue to have access to a high-quality advocacy support service and we look forward to working with VoiceAbility as our new service provider.
“We would also like to thank Circles Advocacy for the support they have provided to citizens for the last 7 years as the commissioned service.”
Emily Johnston, VoiceAbility’s Operations Manager for Scotland, said: “VoiceAbility is passionate about supporting people to be heard when it matters most.
We’re really pleased to be working with Health & Social Care Moray and support networks across the area to reach as many people who need our services as possible.
“If you think you, or a friend or family member could benefit from support to be heard and understand your rights, you can call us for free on 0300 303 1660 or make a referral for support on our website.”