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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 · Feb 3, 2023

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 · Jan 29, 2023

'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 · Jan 14, 2023

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 · Nov 29, 2022

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.

The Independent UK · Nov 21, 2022

NHS Scotland chiefs discuss wealthy paying for treatment – reports

The documents were leaked to BBC Scotland.

The Independent UK · Nov 21, 2022

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 · Nov 21, 2022

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 · Nov 19, 2022

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.

Daily Record · Nov 19, 2022

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) · Nov 9, 2022