Care services
“National Conversation” to Inform A New Dementia Strategy
Author / Creator: Care Reform Group
Media type: consultation response
Date published: 2022
Services for people with dementia are in crisis. A re-think is required.
National Care Service - social work: contextual paper
Author / Creator: Scottish Government
Media type: Report
Date published: 2022
The current status of social work in Scotland. [2022]
National Care Service (Scotland) Bill 2022 – What it is and what it isn't
Author / Creator: Common Weal
Media type: Discussion Paper
Date published: 2022
Democracy and accountability have been sacrificed on the basis of building on what is already there in the failed Health and Social Care Partnerships. The Bill removes the role of local authorities, and we would be concerned about their future as a bedrock of democracy – despite all their flaws.
Caring For All: A National Care Service For Scotland
Author / Creator: Craig Dalzell
Media type: Policy Paper
Date published:
One in five people need care at any given time, but 90% don't get any. That is 2 million people. Everyone will need care at some time in their life. A National Care Service is needed and achievable.
What is Care?
Author / Creator: Mark Smith
Media type: Policy Paper
Date published:
Care is not ‘an intervention’, it is a continuous series of relationships we all have in many different settings, most of them informal. You can’t deliver formal care without recognising and working with the reality of informal care, whether familial or community-based.