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Nurses hit out at 'expensive and disruptive' National Care Service plans

A LEADING nursing union has written to demand the Scottish Government pulls the brakes on its controversial National Care Service plans.

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IN FULL: SNP leadership candidates answer questions on disability issues

THE SNP leadership candidates have addressed a range of important questions on disability issues.

The National (Scotland)

Forbes would decentralise National Care Service and boost carer pay to £15 an hour

THE National Care Service (NCS) should be decentralised and pay for carers raised to £15 an hour, SNP leadership contender Kate Forbes has said.

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Kate Forbes backs £15 an hour wage for care workers during SNP leadership contest

The Finance Secretary unveiled the new policy during a visit to Highland Home Carers in Inverness

Daily Record

Kate Forbes: National Care Service plans are ambitious but must be decentralised

The SNP leadership hopeful is proposing an increase to carers wages to £15 per hour to make the role more attractive.

The Independent UK

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.

The Independent UK

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.

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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.

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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

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…

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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…

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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…

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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

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.

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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.

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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”

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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

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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

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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.

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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.

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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…

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.

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