The Partnership Arrangements (Amendment) and Regulated Services (Market Stability Reports) (Wales) Regulations 2021

• Citation: S.I. 2021/198 (W.)
• Sections: 11

Section 1 Title, commencement and interpretation

(1) The title of these Regulations is the Partnership Arrangements (Amendment) and Regulated Services (Market Stability Reports) (Wales) Regulations 2021.

(2) These Regulations come into force on 1 April 2021.

(3) In these Regulations—

“the Act” (“ y Ddeddf ”) means the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014;

“care and support” (“ gofal a chymorth ”) has the same meaning given by section 4 of the Act;

“market stability report” (“ adroddiad ar sefydlogrwydd y farchnad ”) means the report which is required to be prepared and published under section 144B of the Act;

“the Partnership Arrangements Regulations” (“ y Rheoliadau Trefniadau Partneriaeth ”) means the Partnership Arrangements (Wales) Regulations 2015 ;

“population assessment” (“ asesiad poblogaeth ”) means the assessment which is required to be carried out under section 14(1) of the Act;

“regulated service” (“ gwasanaeth rheoleiddiedig ”) has the same meaning given by section 2(1) of the Regulation and Inspection of Social Care (Wales) Act 2016 .

Section 2 Other matters to be contained within the market stability report

A market stability report must include an assessment of those matters specified in the Schedule.

Section 3 Period of assessment of the sufficiency of provision of care and support

The sufficiency of provision of care and support must be assessed over the period since the previous population assessment was published.

Section 4 Publication of market stability report

(1) Local authorities must publish a market stability report by 1 June 2022 (the first report) .

(2) Local authorities must publish their second market stability report by 1 September 2027.

(3) Subsequent market stability reports must be published at intervals not exceeding five years by 1 September.

Section 5 Form of market stability report

The market stability report must be published in an electronic format.

Section 6 Amendment to the Partnership Arrangements Regulations

In the Partnership Arrangements Regulations, after regulation 18 insert—

Market Stability Reports

Market stability reports

(18A)

(1) The partnership bodies for each of the regional partnership board areas must specify the arrangements by which they will together carry out the market stability report functions.

(2) In this regulation, “market stability report functions” means the specified functions conferred on local authorities by section 144B of the Act .

Section 1 Sufficiency of provision of care and support

An assessment of the sufficiency of provision of regulated services providing care and support which includes any gaps in provision to meet needs identified in the most recent population assessment.

Section 2 Overall quality of care and support

An assessment of the overall quality of the care and support being provided by regulated services in meeting the needs and achieving the personal outcomes of people who need care and support, and those carers who need support.

Section 3 Current or developing trends of care and support

An assessment of the current or developing trends in the provision of regulated services providing care and support and their impact upon the sufficiency, quality or stability of those services.

Section 4 Challenges

An assessment of any significant challenges to current or future sufficiency, quality and stability of the provision of regulated services providing care and support.

Section 5 Impact of commissioning

An assessment of the impact of commissioning and funding on the sufficiency, quality and stability of the provision of regulated services providing care and support, including regional approaches and the use of pooled funding.