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Humza Yousaf considers overhauling National Care Service plan if elected First Minister

The ambitious scheme to centralise control of the country's social care provision has been fiercely criticised by local authorities, trade unions and opposition parties.

Daily Record

Sturgeon’s successor should drop National Care Service Bill, say opposition MSPs

A number of unions, think tanks, charities and Holyrood committees have also voiced concern about the proposed centralised service.

The Independent UK

Key challenges to be faced by Sturgeon’s successor as First Minister

The new SNP leader’s in-tray will be packed, from plotting a course to indyref2 to settling the unresolved teachers’ pay dispute.

The Independent UK

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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)

LibDems in plot to torpedo SNP's National Care Service plan

MINISTERS are being urged to “change course” and abandon plans to create a new National Care Service (NCS) for Scotland, with the Liberal…

The National (Scotland)

Call for National Care Service plans to be paused due to 'unacceptable' bill

PROPOSALS for a National Care Service (NCS) in Scotland could be in jeopardy after a Holyrood committee recommended that the reform should not…

The National (Scotland)

National Care Service Bill sets dangerous precedent and must be paused, claim MSPs

Labour social care spokesman Paul O’Kane said the report was “damning”, and “lays bare the fatal flaws” in the Bill.

Daily Record

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National Care Service plan suffers major set back as Unite union withdraws support

SNP ministers want to centralise care services across the country following criticism of the sector's response to the coronavirus pandemic.

Daily Record

Scotland needs a National Care Service right now

'Bold reform' is required after Scots had to suffer long waits at A&E over Christmas, says Record View.

Daily Record

Perth and Kinross Council’s SNP leader will write to Nicola Sturgeon over "massive" council funding gap

PKC leader Grant Laing told councillors the local authority is facing a “perfect storm on three fronts”

Daily Record

Scottish Government considering delaying national care service funding in Budget cash scramble

EXCLUSIVE: It is understood funding for the NCS could be minimal next year

Daily Record

Ex-health secretaries call for ban on zero hour contracts for Scots carers

Alex Neil and Malcolm Chisholm have backed a campaign by relatives of patients, academics and politicians calling for an end to the exploitative regime in social care jobs

Daily Record

Ban zero hour contracts in health and social care jobs in Scotland, SNP ministers told

The social care sector in Scotland is facing a recruitment crisis and campaigners believe it's being caused by poor pay and conditions.

Daily Record

Nicola Sturgeon: NHS founding principles ‘not up for discussion’

The minutes of a meeting leaked to the BBC showed discussions over a ‘two-tier’ health system system.

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NHS Scotland chiefs discuss wealthy paying for treatment – reports

The documents were leaked to BBC Scotland.

Daily Record

National Care Service warning as chief executive has say on plans at Holyrood

Eddie Fraser was one of the officials called to provide evidence on the Scottish Government's plan for a National Care Service.

Daily Record

Dismay at NHS Ayrshire & Arran's delayed discharge figures

It was revealed that 5,813 bed days were occupied in NHS Ayrshire & Arran as a result of delayed discharge.

The National (Scotland)

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…

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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.

The National (Scotland)

Estimated costs of National Care Service 'significantly understated'

ESTIMATED costs around the National Care Service Bill are “likely to significantly understate” the actual costs which could face the Scottish…

The National (Scotland)

SNP MSPs criticise 'deeply worrying' National Care Service costings

MAJOR fears have been expressed by SNP MSPs about the “financial wraparound” of their own government’s National Care Service (NCS) Bill, as…

Daily Record

National Care Service plans attacked over fears they could slash council jobs across Scotland

Trade unions and councils claim the claim service plans are "unnecessary" and will disrupt existing services.

The National (Scotland)

The top seven fringe events at SNP conference

The first in-person SNP conference for three years is set to kick off in two days at The Event Complex in Aberdeen and there are dozens of fringe…

The Independent UK

Labour pledges to build National Care Service enforcing high standards in homes

The party accused some private equity-owned care homes of spending ‘hundreds of millions servicing debt and avoiding tax’.

The National (Scotland)

Sector boss warns Scottish care service would ‘collapse within decade’ under current plans

SCOTLAND’S National Care Service will “collapse within the decade” if the Scottish Government’s plans are pushed through without change, the…

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