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NCS Consultation

National Care Service Consultation

In August 2021, the Scottish Government set out proposals on how they think the National Care Service should operate. They asked for people to share their views on this through a consultation paper.  The consultation closed on 2nd November 2021.


Briefing Papers for carers:

We have put together a series of briefing papers for carers to explain the various proposals in the National Care Service Consultation. Please click on the links below to download the briefing papers (will open in a new tab):


Response to the National Care Service Consultation 

We carried out a number of engagement activities during August – October 2021 and heard  from carers across Scotland who told us their views about the proposals for a National Care Service. We have included the views, issues, and concerns that carers raised with us to inform our response to the consultation. 

You can download and read the full Coalition Response to the National Care Service Consultation. 


We have also produced a Summary for Carers  – which highlights our key recommendations to the National Care Service consultation. 


During the National Care Service consultation, carers and carer organisations told us about their experiences of the current social care system and shared their vision of what the new approach to social care should look like. This was included in our submission to the National Care Service consultation, but we have also  summarised this into a short Principles and Key Messages paper for carers


You can also download and read the consultation response from the National Carer Organisations – which we also contributed to. 


National Care Service Consultation Analysis

The responses to the National Care Service consultation have been analysed and the report can be downloaded from here.