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Final vote on social services overhaul Social services overhaul backed by AMs
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Plans to overhaul social services and make access to care equal wherever a person lives in Wales are due to face their final assembly vote on Tuesday. Plans to overhaul social services and make access to care equal wherever a person lives in Wales have passed their final vote in the assembly.
The bill aims to simplify the laws that regulate social care and make sure councils assess the needs of carers. AMs backed a bill aiming to simplify laws that regulate social care and make sure councils assess carers' needs.
Welsh ministers said the legislation was key to making social services "sustainable for generations to come".Welsh ministers said the legislation was key to making social services "sustainable for generations to come".
It is one of the biggest and most complex pieces of legislation to go through the Senedd. It is one of the biggest and most complex pieces of legislation that has gone through the Senedd.
The changes include:The changes include:
Speaking before the vote, Deputy Social Services Minister Gwenda Thomas said: "In the face of continued pressure on public services, the Welsh government wants to be able to continue to offer quality services that protect people in need of care and support and which improve their lives. Following the vote on Tuesday evening, Deputy Social Services Minister Gwenda Thomas said: "This is a Bill for people, with the well-being of the individual at its very heart.
"To do this we have to make sure social services are sustainable for generations to come and this legislation is key to making sure that happens. "Throughout the legislative process, the Bill has been subject to robust scrutiny, and is all the better for it.
"I look forward to the next stage of debate and to the final vote, with a great degree of pride in what we have achieved so far and with every confidence in the abilities of everyone involved in social services to deliver the changes that this legislation will require.". "We are getting closer to fulfilling our ultimate goal - to make a real difference to the lives of those who need care and support in our society.
"This has only been made possible by a number of organisations working together towards this shared ambition, and I sincerely thank all of those who have played their part."