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This code provides guidance to the Part 4 and 5 of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014, in relation to direct payments, choice of accommodation, charging and financial assessment. The Act establishes that local authorities can exercise the discretion to charge for the provision of care and support, or to require a contribution or reimbursement, where they feel it is appropriate to do so and where they have established that the person required to pay any charge, contribution or reimbursement, has sufficient financial means to do so.

Opinion Research Services (ORS) was commissioned by Welsh Government in June 2013 to undertake qualitative research to support the Duty to Review the Mental Health (Wales) Measure 2010. 1.2 Information and data were gathered by Welsh Government from a range of sources to inform the Review including this study, regular submissions from health board/local authority services, health board primary care satisfaction surveys and third sector surveys. Welsh Government was responsible for coordinating all inputs to the Review and for final reporting to Welsh Ministers.

This study provides qualitative evidence on the views of service users, their carers and practitioners on the implementation of Part 2 of the Mental Health (Wales) Measure 2010. This part of the Measure requires health boards and local authorities to work in a coordinated way to improve the effectiveness of mental health services. It also requires that care and treatment plans (CTPs) be provided for service users of all ages who have been assessed as requiring care and treatment within secondary mental health services.

This document sets out the social services national outcomes framework for Wales. The framework describes the well-being outcomes that people who need care and support and carers who need support should expect in order to lead fulfilled lives; sets national direction for services to promote the well-being of people who need care and support, and carers who need support; and provides greater transparency on whether care and support services are improving well-being outcomes for people using consistent and comparable indicators.