Fri 20 Aug 2021
The First Minister set out a commitment to start formal consultation for the new National Care Service in the first 100 days of the Parliament with a view to introducing legislation in the first year of the Parliament.
This programme of work will ensure the delivery of consistent, high standards of care for everyone across Scotland. Listening to people with lived and living experience to design the systems and services supporting them to live happy and fulfilled lives will be key.
The Consultation is now live, and can be accessed here: A National Care Service for Scotland - Scottish Government - Citizen Space (consult.gov.scot)
The consultation is divided into the following themes -
- Improving care for people
- The scope of the National Care Service
- Community Health and Social Care Boards
- Commissioning of services
- Regulation
- Fair work and valuing the workforce
The consultation closing date is the 18th October 2021.