Jane Hutt, health and social services minister for Wales, said: "Children and young people are at the heart of the framework. That is why they have been, and will be, consulted at every step of the process".
The assembly has issued a consultation document specifically for young people alongside the framework, which itself is a consultation document.
Like the English framework, which was launched last month (YPN, 15-21 September, p2), the Welsh document is a 10-year plan for reforming the health service to meet the needs of children and young people, from before they are born until they reach 18. As well as setting out long-term aims, the consultation also lists "core actions" that should be delivered by 2006.
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