Roedd y Papur Gwyn a gyhoeddwyd gan Lywodraeth Cymru yn 2011 Gwasanaethau Cymdeithasol Cynaliadwy: Fframwaith Gweithredu yn ceisio sefydlu dull newydd, integredig o ddarparu gofal cymdeithasol yng Nghymru gan ganolbwyntio ar yr unigolyn. Mae Deddf Gwasanaethau Cymdeithasol a Llesiant (Cymru) 2014, a dderbyniodd Gydsyniad Brenhinol ar 1 Mai 2014 ac a ddaeth i rym ar 6 Ebrill eleni, yn gam sylweddol ar y daith hon. Cam arall yw Deddf Rheoleiddio ac Arolygu Gofal Cymdeithasol (Cymru) 2016, a dderbyniodd Gydsyniad Brenhinol ar 18 Ionawr 2016.  Mae'n darparu fframwaith statudol ar gyfer rheoleiddio ac arolygu gofal cymdeithasol, a rheoleiddio'r gweithlu gofal cymdeithasol yng Nghymru. Bydd yn gosod trefn reoleiddio sy'n gyson â'r newidiadau sy'n cael eu cyflawni drwy Ddeddf Gwasanaethau Cymdeithasol a Llesiant (Cymru) 2014 gan sefydlu system reoleiddio ac arolygu a fydd yn cynnal hawliau dinasyddion Cymru i gael gofal urddasol, diogel a phriodol.  Ac fe fydd yn ehangu pwerau Cyngor Gofal Cymru i gynnwys ysgogi, cefnogi a goruchwylio gwelliannau, gan ei ailenwi yn briodol iawn fel “Gofal Cymdeithasol Cymru”.
The Welsh Government’s 2011 White Paper Sustainable Social Services: A Framework for Action set out to create a new integrated and person-centred approach to the provision of social care in Wales. The Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act, which received Royal Assent on 1 May 2014 and was implemented on 6 April this year, represents a major step on this journey. The Regulation and Inspection of Social Care (Wales) Act 2016, which received Royal Assent on 18 January 2016, represents another.  It provides the statutory framework for the regulation and inspection of social care, and the regulation of the social care workforce, in Wales.  It will establish a regulatory regime which is consistent with the changes being delivered through the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 by establishing a new system of regulation and inspection which will uphold the rights of Welsh citizens to dignified, safe and appropriate care.  And it will support improvement by broadening the powers of the Care Council for Wales to include driving, supporting and overseeing improvement and re-naming it appropriately as “Social Care Wales”.