East Renfrewshire council leader Owen O’Donnell has backed calls to pause the development of a National Care Service [NCS] as money “could be spent on improving social care directly”.
The Convention of Scottish Local Authorities [COSLA] has urged the Scottish Government to halt plans for the new service, and direct funding to frontline care services.
Under the NCS plan, a series of care boards would be set up to run social care services rather than local councils, but Cllr O’Donnell believes the move is “a waste of time and energy”.
