Jeane Freeman, a former SNP Health Secretary, expressed anger and disappointment over the Scottish Government's decision to abandon plans for a National Care Service. She argued that the government failed to implement the recommendations of a landmark review led by Derek Feeley, which had widespread support from stakeholders. Freeman believes the government should prioritize addressing immediate concerns within the adult social care system rather than pursuing the now-abandoned National Care Service.
A former SNP Health Secretary has tore into the Scottish Government after plans to create a National Care Service were ditched.
She retired from frontline politics at the Holyrood election later that year and was replaced in the health brief by Humza Yousaf. But they faced a backlash from trade unions and local authorities after councils were told they would no longer run social care services. Speaking to BBC Scotland, she said the reform was undertaken because adult social care “was not equitable across the country”.
“So how do I feel now? I feel angry. I feel dispirited because it is beyond my understanding how all of that support has been lost. Asked if she thought it was bureaucracy to blame here for the end of the National Care Service, she replied: “No, my own view is that government, unfortunately, went about it the wrong way.”
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