Cole-Hamilton: SNP must scrap social care power grab now

Speaking ahead of the ministerial statement on the future of the National Care Service, proposals which would centralise social care services and wrench away control from local communities, Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP said:

“My party has been the only party to oppose this ill-fated power grab from day one.

“The SNP have wasted four years and £30 million attempting this bureaucratic takeover- the equivalent of the annual salary of 1,200 care workers. It is money that should have been spent on care staff and service users, as well as fixing community care so that people can leave hospital on time.

“Ministers need to announce that their planned power grab is being scrapped immediately and waste no time in investing in staff and services now.”