Independent review of Scotland's adult social care due to publish in early February

A review into the way the Scottish social care system operates is set to report back to the health secretary this week, the Scottish Government confirmed.
A review of adult social care is due to publish in early FebruaryA review of adult social care is due to publish in early February
A review of adult social care is due to publish in early February

The independent review of adult social care is expected to provide the groundwork for the Scottish Government to develop plans for a new National Care Service ahead of the Holyrood elections in May.

Such a radical rethink of adult social care has been included by both Scottish Labour and the SNP as key policy commitments ahead of the election.

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Chaired by Derek Feeley, a former director general for health and social care within the Scottish Government and former chief executive of NHS Scotland, the review will hand over its report to Jeane Freeman this Friday.

It will then be published in early February, the Scottish Government said, but with no firm date on when the report will be made publicly available.

The review was commissioned following the impact of Covid-19 on care homes, which has seen thousands of care home residents die.

The remit of the review covers how to improve adult social care in Scotland.

It states: “The principal aim of the review is to recommend improvements to adult social care in Scotland, primarily in terms of the outcomes achieved by and with people who use services, their carers and families, and the experience of people who work in adult social care. The review is taking a human-rights based approach.”

Other members of the review include the former minister for health, Malcolm Chisholm, the former auditor general between 2012 and 2020, Caroline Gardner, and Ian Welsh, the chief executive of the Health and Social Care Alliance Scotland.

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