By Sandra Webster Carers Week 2021: It is that most wonderful week of the year where those unpaid carers, part of an army contribute more financially in their care to loved ones than the NHS budget in its entirety. The week kicked off with the first pat of the back being a tweet from BoJo. […]
“It’s not about money, and it’s not about soundbites, and it’s not about politicians – it’s about dignity of life. Dignity of life for service users, and the people providing it.” […]
69% of respondents, including 72% of women, want care homes taken out of the private sector, and brought into a National Care Service. […]
SSP co- spokespeople Róisín McLaren and Colin Fox have written to First Minister Nicola Sturgeon seeking her support for bringing Scotland’s care homes into an NHS style National Care Service. […]
“The theme Make Caring Visible is a good one, and I hope this time it will be more than a one week wonder.” […]
To Provide for service users, to Protect workers and to Prevent another catastrophe: build a National Care Service for Scotland. […]
On the very same day (19 May) a new report on Scotland’s care homes described the crisis in care for older people as “the greatest failure of devolved government since the creation of the Scottish parliament”, SNP and Tory MSPs combined forces to defeat calls for collective bargaining rights for workers in the private care home sector. […]
by Sandra Webster The recent snap general election announcement is not a surprise. Our joint national spokesperson Colin Fox warned us to be prepared. However with the local elections – we can truly demonstrate that communities are the Scottish Socialist Party’s life blood. One of my first activities on joining the SSP was at the Tory […]