Wales: Consultation on proposed changes to primary legislation

Today (17 August) the Welsh government has published a consultation about proposed changes to primary legislation on social care and Continuing NHS Healthcare.

The consultation is on legislative proposals in four areas:

• eliminating profit from the care of children looked after, focussing on those young people in private residential care and independent foster care;
• introducing direct payments for adults who are eligible for Continuing NHS Healthcare;
• in principle, extending mandatory reporting of children and adults at risk, to apply to individuals within relevant bodies; and  
• amendments to regulation of service providers, responsible individuals and the social care workforce. This includes extending the definition of ‘social care worker’ to include childcare and play workers.

Consultation document:

https://gov.wales/proposed-changes-legislation-social-care-and-continuing-health-care