NCS: Greens will work to deliver progress for carers
Scottish Green health spokesperson Gillian Mackay has welcomed the announcement that the Scottish Government is shelving large parts of its National Care Service Bill and radically reduced its scope to focus on increasing support and rights to those providing care, including unpaid carers.
Ms Mackay said:
“We welcome the Scottish Government’s decision to shelve its current plans and reign in this bill.
“As it stood, the National Care Service Bill was not fit for purpose and had lost the support of trade unions and other key stakeholders who would be delivering it.
“I hope that this announcement will allow us to focus on the areas where there is a far greater consensus and where we can deliver real and positive change, such as ensuring that people living in care homes have the right to see and spend time with loved ones.
“We will work with the Scottish Government and other parties and stakeholders to deliver changes that will support carers to take personalised respite breaks, and greater access to advocacy and information.
"We still have the time and the opportunity to deliver legislation that will deliver for carers and their families. I hope that our parliament seizes it.”