The Scottish Government should ban the use of zero hour contracts in health and social care jobs if it wants to solve a recruitment crisis, campaigners have claimed.
Zero Hours Justice, a UK-wide group calling for reform, said potential applicants were being put off by poor pay and working conditions.
SNP ministers are planning to revolutionise the sector by creating the National Care Service - a move they insist will help drive up standards and allow for collective bargaining on wages.
