“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.” […]
National Care Service: “It’s about dignity”
Carers
Poll shows overwhelming support for a National Care Service
69% of respondents, including 72% of women, want care homes taken out of the private sector, and brought into a National Care Service. […]
SSP Seeks Sturgeon’s Support for 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. […]
Carer’s Week 2020: Make Caring Visible
“The theme Make Caring Visible is a good one, and I hope this time it will be more than a one week wonder.” […]
Crisis underlines need for a National Care Service – and a ‘New Normal’
To Provide for service users, to Protect workers and to Prevent another catastrophe: build a National Care Service for Scotland. […]
SNP & Tories Vote Down Collective Union Bargaining Rights for Care Workers
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. […]
Not Them and Us – There is only Us
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 […]
Sandra Webster – #RealCarersWeek
by Sandra Webster This week the world has circled round the sun for another 52 weeks and it is again time for Carer’s week. It is a time when what carers do is celebrated. It usually has a theme and this year it is Carer friendly communities. If all communities were so it would be […]