Cole-Hamilton responds to further delay for National Care Service Bill

Responding to Maree Todd's announcement that the first vote on the National Care Service Bill will be delayed again, meaning it won't be voted on until the autumn, Scottish Liberal Democrat leader and health spokesperson Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP said:  

“This is a last-ditch attempt to buy some time for support that’s never going to emerge. The National Care Service is a billion-pound bureaucratic ministerial power grab- it needs scrapped, not salvaged.

“Scottish Liberal Democrats are the only party to have stood up against these flawed proposals from day one. The Government’s plans would consume gargantuan amounts of money and time without addressing the problems at the root of social care.  

“This is money that needs to be spent on frontline services and staff who are firefighting on every shift.”