Scottish Government publish analysis of National Care Service consultation
- Area of Work: The ALLIANCE
- Type: News Item
- Published: 10th February 2022
Respondents to the consultation were broadly supportive of the proposal, but highlighted issues around localism, human rights, and funding.
The Scottish Government have published the analysis of the responses to their consultation on the proposed National Care Service (this link will take you away from our website). The consultation ran from 9 August to 2 November 2021 and received 1,291 responses, including approximately 700 from individuals and 575 from organisations. Amongst individuals who responded, 14% said they had experience receiving care, 40% said they had experience as unpaid carers, and 30% said they had experience as frontline care workers.
A majority of respondents (77%) felt that an NCS would lead to better consistency of outcomes for people who receive care. Around two-thirds agreed there should be a universal right to a break from caring, and 86% agreed both that there should be an integrated and accessible health and social care record, and that information should be shared across services supporting an individual. 72% agreed that Scottish government ministers should be accountable for an NCS.
Views on including children’s services and social care in prisons within the scope of the NCS were more mixed. Other themes that emerged from the consultation were concerns about transitions; centralisation and localism; accounting for the distinct needs of rural areas; how an NCS would be funded; and human rights and equalities issues. Respondents also tended to strongly support Fair Work measures.
The full consultation analysis is available in a number of formats:
Standard format (this link will take you away from our website).
Easy Read format (this link will take you away from our website).
BSL video format (this link will take you away from our website).
Audio format (this link will take you away from our website).
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