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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Craig Paton

We should think about NCS outside of ‘institutional architecture’, says Swinney

The First Minister was speaking to the PA news agency (Jane Barlow/PA) - (PA Wire)

The proposed National Care Service (NCS) in Scotland should be thought of outside an “institutional architecture,” the country’s First Minister has said, as he urged focus on how it could improve services.

The Scottish Government paused plans for the NCS – which would take control of adult social care – last month amid haemorrhaging support from trade unions, local authorities and opposition parties.

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