Government Response: The Care and Support (Population Assessments) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2023

Merit Scrutiny point 1: The Health and Social Care (Quality and Engagement) (Wales) Act 2020 (Commencement No. 4) Order 2023 (not yet made) will commence:

· section 23 and Schedule 2 of the Health and Social Care (Quality and Engagement) (Wales) Act 2020 (“the 2020 Act”) on 29^th March 2023 to enable a transfer scheme to be made; and

· to the extent that it is not already in force, the remainder of Part 4 of the 2020 Act on 1^st April 2023 to coincide with the date upon which the Citizen Voice Body for Health and Social Care, Wales (“the CVB”) will be fully operational. This is with the exception of section 19(3) and (4) of the 2020 Act (Access to premises by Citizen Voice Body: duty to have regard to code of practice (“the Code”)) which is expected to be commenced on 1^st July 2023 following a bespoke consultation exercise on the Code with the CVB once the CVB is in receipt of its full powers.