SCOTTISH councils will have to bid against private companies to continue to provide care services under the Government’s plans for a National Care Service (NCS).
The NCS bill would centralise £4.3 billion of public spending – one-third of Scottish councils’ total budget – and require councils to bid against private interests in order to win a share of the funding they currently control.
The published bill – which ministers have stressed is only a “framework” – will see an unspecified number of local boards established and tasked with procuring care services.
