Cole-Hamilton: National Care Service needs scrapped, not salvaged

Responding to Humza Yousaf’s comments that he is willing to work with those who oppose the National Care Service legislation and potentially compromise on current plans, Scottish Liberal Democrat leader and health spokesperson Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP said:

"Given the sheer volume of organisations and experts lining up to criticise the National Care Service it is little wonder that Humza Yousaf is open to compromises to try and keep this doomed project alive.

"Tinkering around the edge does not change the fact that this is still a ministerial power grab to create a billion pound bureaucracy and take power away from local communities. The legislation needs to be scrapped, not salvaged.

"The money being devoted to this centralisation of social care would be far better spent on frontline services and staff who are firefighting on every shift."