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SNP minister asks Scots to help design National Care Service after admitting its 'hard to get my head round'

Maree Todd previously said plans to create a National Care Service in Scotland were "hard for me to get my head around".

Daily Record

Controversial care service plans paused 'to address concerns'

CONTROVERSIAL plans to create a country-wide care service will be delayed, it has been announced.

The National (Scotland)

'Here's what you can judge me on': Scotland's new Health Secretary on reform and NCS

SCOTLAND’S new Health Secretary has denied he has been given the “worst” job in the Cabinet – and laid out how people should judge his…

The National (Scotland)

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Humza Yousaf 'did good job' as health secretary insists his successor Michael Matheson

The new man in charge of running the NHS in Scotland said it was "absolutely clear" there was a need to create a National Care Service despite concerns from unions.

Daily Record

SNP leadership hopefuls challenged to spell out answers to ten 'key questions'

A TAX on big whisky, a pause to plans for a National Care Service, and council tax reform form the basis of some of the “ten key questions”…

The National (Scotland)

Kate Forbes would 'look again' at National Care Service plan if elected SNP leader

The finance secretary was scathing of the Scottish Government's landmark plan to centralise care services in a bid to drive up standards.

Daily Record

Forbes would ‘look again’ at National Care Service and consider NHS revamp

The SNP leadership candidate stressed the health service would remain free at the point of need.

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SNP trade union group call for pause to National Care Service plans

UNIONS, think tanks and charities – along with an SNP-affiliated organisation – have written to the First Minister to ask that plans for a…

The National (Scotland)

'As NHS staff struggled during Covid, Tories spent money on overpriced or defective PPE'

Of £12billion in PPE contracts doled out as the pandemic took hold, more than a quarter went to Tory donors or the mates of ministers. Conservative Covid cronyism left a bitter aftertaste

Daily Mirror

Nicola Sturgeon urged to scrap plans for National Care Service over cost warnings

Alex Cole-Hamilton, the Scottish Lib Dems leader, claimed centralising care services would create a "billion pound bureaucracy" at a time public spending was already being cut.

Daily Record

Key links could be lost under National Care Service plans, MSPs told

KEY partnerships in homelessness and social care could be lost in the current proposals to establish a National Care Service, a Holyrood committee…

The National (Scotland)

Former SNP health secretary Alex Neil brands National Care Service 'nonsensical'

The Scottish Government has been warned its plans to take control of social care services across the country lack detail.

Daily Record

National Care Service start-up costs could be far higher than Scottish Government estimates

SNP ministers are pressing forward with plans to create a National Care Service which would see industry bosses answer to Holyrood instead of local councils.

Daily Record

East Lothian leader brands new national care service 'centralisation gone mad'

A bill which would take adult social care services and childrens services out of local authority control has been named as the biggest risk to council at the moment because of uncertainty over impact on staff and budgets if it was approved

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East Renfrewshire Tories claim National Care Service will be 'absolute disaster'

Under a National Care Service, a series of care boards would run social care services rather than local councils and one Conservative councillor said the plan is a 'recipe for disaster'.

Daily Record

National Care Service could see 75,000 Scots council workers transferred to new employer

Town hall bosses fear they may no longer be able to deliver community services if the National Care Service goes ahead, as it would see chiefs report to ministers rather than councils.

Glasgow Live

Glasgow social care staff feel 'significant anxiety' over National Care Service plan

Health and social care boss Susanne Miller said the 'inevitable' anxiety related to what the roll out of a National Care Service would mean for workers' jobs.

The National (Scotland)

People with dementia cannot wait for a National Care Service, charity warns

Alzheimer Scotland has warned that those living with dementia “do not have the time” to wait years for the improvements a National Care Service…

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National Care Service in Scotland hailed as 'most ambitious reform since creation of NHS'

The Record has championed the campaign to improve the country’s care system after widespread failings were revealed during the coronavirus pandemic.

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