The union Unison has urged the Scottish Government to withdraw a healthcare Bill, arguing that it fails to address the ongoing crisis in social services and would undermine local government and the NHS. Unison claims the Bill is a 'ministerial power grab' and calls for a not-for-profit social care model instead.
A union has called on the Scottish Government to withdraw a healthcare Bill it says does not tackle the “prolonged crisis across the social services system”. Unison said the National Care Service Bill amounted to a ministerial power grab which would undermine local government and the NHS and should be withdrawn immediately.
Unison said the Bill covers not just residential care and home care, but also children’s services and community health, and urged ministers to move to a not-for-profit social care model. This could be done by insourcing key services for councils to provide directly, increasing local democratic oversight and control, said the union.
Top news stories today Earlier in September, GMB Scotland withdrew its support for the Bill. It said the legislation, which is facing a number of substantial amendments at stage two, will not compel care providers to pay staff fairly, leading to 79 per cent of members backing plans to withdraw support.
"We have heard plenty of warm words about our campaign for carers to earn £15 an hour, for example, but progress has been glacial. All the time and money spent on the National Care Service should have transformed how care is delivered, protecting workers and those they care for. It has, instead, achieved nothing.”
Social care minister Maree Todd maintained that a national care service would ensure “greater transparency” in the sector and that it would benefit the workforce, as well as give better support to unpaid carers.
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