The Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill follows a cross-party consultation launched two years ago by the Labour administration and Plaid Cymru group in the Senedd to ensure only non-profit residential and foster care providers can register with Care Inspectorate Wales from 2027.
“We do not believe that private profit should be made from caring for children and young people whose circumstances require them to be in the care of a local authority,” said the Welsh government’s social care minister Dawn Bowden.
“This bill will eliminate private profit from the care of looked-after children and ensure public money is used to deliver improved services which meet children’s needs and deliver better experiences and outcomes.”
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