 The COVID-19 pandemic has put social care in Wales under strain. We need to continue the work of the Social Services and Well-Being Wales Act and make the sector sustainable for the future. Services are supporting people to achieve their physical and mental well-being but we want to make it easier for them to do this. We have put together a white paper consultation document to lay out how care and support can be strengthened. We need to rebalance the care and support market where services are organised regionally and delivered locally. To do this, we want to set up a national framework that will set out standard processes for commissioning care and support including how the value of good quality care and support should be agreed across Wales. The team that will create and manage this will be called the National Office. We want to strengthen partnership working to continue improving care and support in Wales. Every regional partnership board will be set up as a legal entity so different services can come together to be one. They can employ staff to help plan care and support in their area and they can make decisions together about supporting people. Welsh Government is asking everyone to let us know their views on the white paper in a public consultation. We want you to have your say in care and support services. For more information please visit gov.wales forward slash rebalancing care.