Care services
Sorted. A handbook for a better Scotland
Author / Creator: Commonweal
Media type: book
Date published: 2022
'Sorted' is a vision for a shared future in an independent Scotland. A future which puts all of us first. It looks at what's possible and describes how we can make independence and Scotland successful.
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.