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will be a hub for UNISON Scotland’s information and resources about UNISON Scotland’s campaign to have the current Bill withdrawn and for the Scottish Government to start again and come up with plans for aa real national Care Service.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.
UNISON social care workers, with unite and GMB, demonstrated outside the Scottish Parliament on Thursday calling for answers to the ...
The General Principles of the National Care Service Bill were approved by Parliament on 29 February. This briefing summarises where ...
UNISON has urged MSPs not to vote for the National Care Service (Scotland) Bill. The Scottish people have a right ...
The Scottish Government has radically revised its plans for a National Care Service. This follows negotiations with COSLA and the ...
This is the Summary of a report commissioned by UNISON Scotland from APSE, the Association for Public Service Excellence and ...
With the National Care Service Bill in tatters, this timely report makes a compelling case for the direct public delivery ...
Since its introduction in June 2022, UNISON has campaigned for the National Care Service Bill to be withdrawn. We want ...
The Scottish Social Services Council is consulting on 3 changes it wishes to make to the Register. These changes affect ...
The Scottish Government is consulting on its draft Statutory Guidance for safe staffing in health and care. The Health and ...
This is UNISON Scotland's response to the Scottish Parliament's Health, Social Care and Sport Committee’s call for evidence[1] for the ...