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The SNP’s national care service is really an attack on the NHS
Be under no illusions — the Scottish government’s new care Bill is a nothing more than a glorified contracting and procurement scheme, writes STEPHEN LOW

THE Scottish government is legislating for a scheme that will fundamentally undermine the idea of direct public delivery of services.
That it is calling it a “national care service” should fool no-one. That it is undermining fundamental NHS principles in doing so should worry everyone.
It’s often assumed that the plans embodied in the National Care Service (Scotland) Bill concern only residential care, or perhaps care in the community. Not so.
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