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Plans for a National Care Service in Scotland are set to be dropped, according to sources close to the Scottish government. The flagship proposal, which involved transferring social care responsibility from councils to a new national board, was intended to end the “postcode lottery” of care provision, and was one of the most ambitious reforms in the country since devolution. However, the project has faced significant opposition, with trade unions and council body Cosla withdrawing their support, and the Scottish Greens no longer backing the measures. Other groups have variously expressed concern about the cost and practicality of setting up and running the service effectively.
Social Care Minister Maree Todd is expected to update the Scottish Parliament about the future of the proposals, though it is anticipated that some smaller reforms with wider cross-party support will still be passed. These include Anne’s Law, which would permit care home residents to have visits from a designated person even if pandemic restrictions were in place. More minor measures such as the right to breaks for unpaid carers or rules on the fair sharing of information between healthcare and social care providers could also remain in the new legislation.
The criticisms of the National Care Service plans in Scotland are mirrored in English politics, where a report on long-term funding arrangements for social care is not expected until 2028, despite the government also expressing ambitions to create a National Care Service. However, while there is consensus that social care requires improvement, Labour’s Health Secretary West Streeting has warned that there is little agreement on how best to reform it
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