The consultation will cover legislative proposals in four areas:

*Eliminating profit from the care of children looked after, focussing on those young people in private residential care and independent foster care;

*Introducing direct payments for adults who are eligible for Continuing NHS Healthcare;

* In principle, extending mandatory reporting of children and adults at risk, to apply to individuals within relevant bodies; and

*Amendments to regulation of service providers, responsible individuals and the social care workforce. This includes extending the definition of ‘social care worker’ to include childcare and play workers.