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Changes to requirements on providers of certain regulated social care services

 
Proposal 1: to revoke coronavirus-related amendments made by the Regulated Services (Service Provider and Responsible Individuals) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2020

Question 1: Do you agree that regulation 4 (exception from the scope of care home services) of the Regulated Services (Service Provider and Responsible Individuals) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 should be revoked on 31 October 2022?

 

Question 2: Do you agree that regulation 5 (exception from the scope of domiciliary support services) of the Regulated Services (Service Provider and Responsible Individuals) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 should be revoked on 31 October 2022?

 

Question 3: Do you agree that regulation 6 (fitness of staff) of the Regulated Services (Service Provider and Responsible Individuals) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 should be revoked on 31 October 2022?

(Regulation 6 applies to service providers who provide a care home services, wholly or mainly for adults, or domiciliary support services to adults)

 

Question 4: Do you agree that regulation 7 (shared rooms) of the Regulated Services (Service Provider and Responsible Individuals) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 should be revoked on 31 October 2022?

(Regulation 7 applies to the provision of accommodation for adults, in shared rooms)

 

Question 5: Do you think there will be any unintended consequences and/or financial implications of revoking any of the amendments made by the Regulated Services (Service Provider and Responsible Individuals) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2020?

 

Question 6: Do you think the revocation of any of the amendments made by the Regulated Services (Service Provider and Responsible Individuals) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 will have any positive or any negative impacts on groups with protected characteristics?

Protected characteristics are: age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion and belief, sex, and sexual orientation.

i. What effects do you think there would be and on which characteristics?

ii. How could positive effects be increased, or negative effects be mitigated?

Please explain:

 

Question 7: We would like to know your views on the effects that revoking any of the amendments made by the Regulated Services (Service Provider and Responsible Individuals) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 would have on the Welsh language. Specifically on opportunities for people to use Welsh and on treating the Welsh language no less favourably than English.

i. What effects do you think there would be?

ii. How could positive effects be increased, or negative effects be mitigated

 

Question 8: Please also explain how you believe the proposal to revoke the amendments made by the Regulated Services (Service Provider and Responsible Individuals) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 could be formulated or changed so as to have positive effects or increased positive effects on opportunities for people to use the Welsh language and on treating the Welsh language no less favourably than the English language, and no adverse effects on opportunities for people to use the Welsh language and on treating the Welsh language no less favourably than the English language.

 
Proposal 2: to clarify the description of Category C premises within regulation 49 of the Regulated Services (Service Providers and Responsible Individuals) (Wales) Regulations 2017

Question 9: In paragraphs 25 – 32 of the consultation document we have set out our intention to clarify the description of ‘Category C’ premises within regulation 49 of the Regulated Services (Service Providers and Responsible Individuals) (Wales) Regulations 2017, and explained out our rationale for this.

Do you have any comments on this proposal or its potential impacts?

Please include any unintended consequences and/or financial implications; any positive or any negative impacts on groups with protected characteristics; and impacts on the Welsh Language.

 

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