# The Residential Family Centres (Wales) Regulations 2003, Regulation 10: Health and welfare of residents


(1) The registered person must ensure that the residential family centre is conducted so as to —
(a) promote and make proper provision for the health and welfare of residents;
(b) make such provision for the care, treatment, education and supervision of residents as is appropriate to their age and needs;
(2) The registered person must, so far as is practicable, ascertain and take into account the wishes and feelings of residents when making decisions concerning their health and welfare, or the manner in which they are treated.
(3) The registered person must make suitable arrangements to ensure that the residential family centre is conducted —
(a) in a manner which respects the privacy and dignity of residents; and
(b) with due regard to the sex, religious persuasion, racial origin, and cultural and linguistic background and any disability of residents.
(4) In complying with this regulation, the registered person must, wherever there is a conflict between the interests of the members of a family, treat the welfare of the child in that family as paramount.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2003/781/regulation/10 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/residential-family-centres-wales-regulations-2003/regulation-10
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