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will be a hub for UNISON Scotland’s information and resources about UNISON Scotland’s campaign to have the current Bill withdrawn and for the Scottish Government to start again and come up with plans for aa real national Care Service.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.
Briefing 145 : NCS Bill Stage 2 Issues for Local Government
Briefing 144: National Social Work Agency – NCS Bill Stage 2 Amendments
Briefing 143 National Care Service Bill: Reform of Integrated Joint Boards
Pay care workers the ‘missing millions’
Briefing 141 – National Care Service Bill Update
MSP Briefing – National Care Service (Scotland) Bill Stage 1 vote
Briefing 139 – National Care Service: Revised Government Plans
Towards a REAL National Care Service – Summary Report
Towards a REAL National Care Service for Scotland – Full Report
