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Inspection ratings regulations for care home services and domiciliary support services

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Question 1. To what extent do you agree or disagree that providers must display inspection ratings on their website, if they have one?

Why do you feel this way about this requirement?

Question 2. To what extent do you agree or disagree that care homes for adults with 4 or fewer individuals living at the service do not have to display ratings in service premises?

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Question 3. To what extent do you agree or disagree that care homes for children do not have to display inspection ratings in service premises?

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Question 4. To what extent do you agree or disagree that domiciliary support providers must display their inspection ratings in the office at or from which the service operates unless the office is inaccessible to members of the public?

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Question 5. To what extent do you agree or disagree with the appeals process described in the draft regulations?

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Question 6. To what extent do you agree or disagree with the creation of an offence of failure to display inspection ratings?

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Question 7. To what extent do you agree or disagree with the level of fine that Care Inspectorate Wales can issue to a provider if they fail to display inspection ratings?

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Question 8: We would like to know your views on the effects that The Regulated Services (Inspection Ratings) (Wales) Regulations 2025 would have on the Welsh language, specifically on opportunities for people to use Welsh and on treating the Welsh language no less favourably than English. What effects do you think there would be? How could positive effects be increased, or negative effects be mitigated?

Question 9: Please also explain how you believe The Regulated Services (Inspection Ratings) (Wales) Regulations 2025 could be formulated or changed so as to have positive effects or increased positive effects on opportunities for people to use the Welsh language and on treating the Welsh language no less favourably than the English language, and no adverse effects on opportunities for people to use the Welsh language and on treating the Welsh language no less favourably than the English language.

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