New Health and Social Care Bill set to receive Royal Assent

Landmark Welsh law ends profit from children in care

Wales is first UK nation to legislate to end private profit from children’s residential and foster care as new Health and Social Care (Wales) Act receives Royal Assent  The Welsh government is marking a landmark moment in its efforts to improve services for children, families and disabled people.  Photo by Annie Spratt / Unsplash The Health and Social Care (Wales) Act ends private profit from children in care. Care for looked after children will…

New law to ‘eliminate’ profit from looked-after children’s care gets Royal Assent

It means no new for-profit providers of children’s care homes, fostering and secure accommodation services would be able to register in Wales from April 2026.

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Bill now needs to be signed before being submitted for Royal Assent

The Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill has become law after receiving Royal Assent. It will improve services for children, families and people with disabilities. Wales is the first country in the United Kingdom to legislate to eliminate private profit in residential care and fostering services.

Wales’ bold move in children's care

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Bill to end profit from children’s care in Wales becomes law

Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll. Profit-making from children’s care in Wales is set to end by 2030, other than in exceptional circumstances, after a bill to implement the measure became law. The passage of the Health and Social Care (Wales) Act 2025 makes Wales the first UK nation to institute an effective ban on profit in the provision of fostering, children’s home or sec…