Following a consultation on the proposed new Social Services (Wales) Bill which ran from March 12 to June 1 this year, the Welsh Government has published a report summarising the responses it had from across the sector from staff and experts working in the field.
The full report and some of the responses can be viewed here
The Deputy Minister for Children and Social Services, Gwenda Thomas, said: "I am delighted to have received 275 written responses from
a variety of stakeholders; and I will publish them all in full, where
consent has been given, prior to the introduction of the Bill in January
2013.
"I am grateful for the support shown by individuals and
organisations from across Wales in this Bill; and it shows once again,
the important part that social services and social care play in all of
our lives.
experts –these are the commissioners and providers of services from
across the public, Third and independent sectors; the people that use
these services; and the people that care for those that use them. Every
comment has been carefully considered and those comments have been
central in bringing the Bill forward to this point."