Scottish parliament to vote on scaled-back social care reforms

Scottish parliament to vote on scaled-back social care reforms

A new law would see changes to social care procurement, family care home visits and a right to breaks for unpaid carers.

Cole-Hamilton: Crisis-hit care sector deserves better than a dog’s dinner

Ahead of a final vote in the Scottish Parliament on the Care (Reform) Scotland Bill, Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP has today said carers deserve better and that the SNP should apologise for making “a dog’s dinner” of the legislation. SNP ministers originally proposed a National Care Service to centralise social care services. Scottish Liberal Democrats were the only party to oppose this from the very beginning. In recen…