Meetings between the sector and Department for Education and Skills'officials on reviewing national minimum standards have started. Thereview will change the measures against which inspectors judge fosteringservices, adoption agencies and children's homes.
Last week fostering experts met officials to set out changes theywant.
Kevin Williams, chief executive of children's charity Tact, said: "TheDfES wants to implement the new standards by 2008. There will be athree-month consultation on the new proposals within this."
David Holmes, chief executive of the British Association for Adoption &Fostering, said: "We see this as a huge opportunity to revisit thestandards and make sure they are fit for purpose."
The current standards were written before the Every Child Mattersservice reforms began.
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