The Scottish Government is putting a Bill through Parliament to set up a National Care Service (NCS), the bill leaves profiteering at the heart of care, and will outsource a huge range of functions; all of social work and social care out of councils, and an unknown number of responsibilities out of the NHS. This threatens the employment and pensions of tens of thousands of workers, and meaning a huge sum of money will be spent on structural change rather then on improving services.
This page will be a hub for UNISON Scotland’s information and resources about UNISON Scotland’s campaign to have the current Bill withdrawn and for the Scottish Government to start again and come up with plans for aa real national Care Service.
We are asking all UNISON members to contact their MSPs, many of whom are still unaware of what the National Care Service (Scotland) Bill contains.
- You can email your MSPs using this one click link here.
- UNISON Scotland has prepared a short guide to the Bill, its main provisions, and the implications of a measure that is an unequivocal attack on the idea of publicly delivered public services. You can view the guide here.
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Pay care workers the ‘missing millions’
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Briefing 141 – National Care Service Bill Update
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MSP Briefing – National Care Service (Scotland) Bill Stage 1 vote
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Briefing 139 – National Care Service: Revised Government Plans
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Towards a REAL National Care Service – Summary Report
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Towards a REAL National Care Service for Scotland – Full Report
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e brief – Update on the National Care Service Bill October 2023
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e brief – SSSC Consultation on Proposed Register Changes
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Briefing 131 – Consultation on Safe Staffing Statutory Guidance: Care Services
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