Responding to this consultation
If you would to respond to this consultation on-line, please click on the subject tabs above and fill in the response form for each consultation question. Alternatively, send an e-mail with your views to payingforcare@wales.gsi.gov.uk
Further copies and accessible formats
Further hard copies of the consultation document can be obtained by e-mailing payingforcare@wales.gsi.gov.uk or by telephoning 029 2082 5681.
If you need this document in an alternative format, please contact the Paying for Care team on the above number.
An easy-read version can be accessed here (opens in new window) (5740K). If you would like a hard copy please contact the Paying for Care team on the above number.
How can my organisation get involved?
We will be holding three national consultation events for stakeholders during the consultation period. Invitations to these have been sent to all 22 local authorities in Wales, and authorities have been asked to send a representative group of delegates from their local area. Invitations have also been sent to national organisations with an interest in paying for care.
If you are a member of an organisation or an interest group, you might wish to contribute to its own debate on the Green Paper options.
What will happen next?
The Welsh Assembly Government will consider all responses it receives during this consultation. A consultation report, summarising the responses received, will be published on this website a few weeks after the consultation closes.
Welsh Ministers will then have further discussions with the UK Government, and with Ministers in Scotland and Northern Ireland, to come to a common view on what works best for citizens across all parts of the UK.
When a decision is taken on the best way forward, there will be a White Paper setting out proposals for the future. Because this would be a major reform, the changes would need to be phased in gradually over a number of years.
How will my comments be used?
Your comments will only be used to shape the Welsh Assembly Government’s and the UK Government’s plans to change the system of paying for care. The plans will eventually form the proposals set out in a White Paper. Responses will be summarised in the consultation report, which will be published on this website. No comments will be attributed to individuals.
