On Wednesday 10 February the Health and Sport Committee published its inquiry report, The Future of Social Care and Support in Scotland. You can read the report at the links below.
The Committee held one further evidence session on Tuesday 23 February to take views on the report and the outcome of the Scottish Government Independent Review of Adult Social Care. Full details of the discussion at that meeting can be found in the Official Report.
Following the meeting the Convener of the Committee wrote to the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Sport to highlight the issues raised and ask for a response to be included alongside the Scottish Government's response to the Committee's report.
View submitted responses where consent has been given to publish the response.
Following closures of residential care facilities and general funding issues with independent, voluntary and council run facilities, the Health and Sport Committee has agreed to undertake an inquiry into social care for adults over 18 years.
We want to explore the future delivery of social care in Scotland and what is required to meet future needs.
Experiences of social care in Scotland
We are seeking views from people with lived experience of receiving adult social care or being a carer for someone receiving care. We would like to hear:
The future delivery of social care in Scotland
We are keen to receive responses to the following questions:
Background
We held an event, Scotland 2030: A Sustainable Future for Social Care for Older People, on 16 November 2018, in collaboration with Scotland’s Futures Forum, to consider the future of social care for older people in Scotland. The event considered the general proposition of how social care would look (and be financed) in 2030.
The Scottish Government Adult Social Care Reform Programme is currently working to reform social care in Scotland. This inquiry will not focus on replicating that work, it will instead explore the future delivery of social care in Scotland.
The Scottish Government has been working with Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (COSLA), people with lived experience, unpaid carers and other stakeholders to develop a national programme to support reform of adult social care.
The national programme, launched in June 2019, is intended to:
The programme’s priorities come from what people who use social care support, and people who work across the system have said must be included in the process so that change can happen. These are:
More information is available on the Scottish Government website - Reforming adult social care support.
How to submit your views
The call for written views will close on Thursday 20 February 2020.
The Scottish Parliament and its Committees value diversity and seek to work towards committee witnesses being broadly representative of Scotland’s society. As such we encourage members of underrepresented groups to submit written evidence If you need advice, please contact the Clerks on the email address: HealthandSport@parliament.scot
Before making a submission, please read our privacy notice about submitting your views to a Committee. This tells you about how we process your personal data. If you are under 12 years of age, please read this privacy notice.
We welcome written views in English, Gaelic, Scots or any other language. The call for views is also available in an easy read version.
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