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Scottish government plans for social care will not tackle ‘prolonged crisis’, Unison says
SCOTTISH government plans for social care will do nothing to tackle its “prolonged crisis” and must be ditched, Unison declared today.
The union, which represents thousands of social care workers, urged the Scottish government to abandon its proposed legislation on the sector.
It called for a shift away from “the toxic combination of chronic underfunding over many years and the fragmented, market-led model of social care.”
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