Trade union warns that the current plans for a National Care Service won't fix the current problems and will keep workers' wages low.
The Scottish Government ’s plans for a National Care Service won’t do anything to stop the massive profits being made by privately owned facilities , staff representatives have said. A report commissioned by trade union Unison said the proposals to deliver care homes would still prop up the “ failing model ” of care homes - many of which are ultimately owned offshore.
They said that without investing in public care providers the government will “miss a major opportunity to change the current system which increasingly works at the expense of the Scottish public and economy.” Care workers are often low-paid for their essential work with some getting as little as £10.90 an hour. Some carers rely on benefits even though they are working as they don’t earn enough to live on and the union said the National Care Service won’t change this.
According to the report around 20 per cent of funds to care providers now “leak” out of the system to the owners and financiers of private firms often based off-shore. Union chiefs warned that the structure of the proposed new service could reduce the accountability for cases of abuse and neglect as it gives politicians too much power.
Unison’s Scottish Secretary Lilian Macer said: “The Scottish government has already admitted that their original plan to take social care, social work and community health out of local government and the NHS won’t work. Top news stories today Labour deputy leader Jackie Baillie said: “This report highlights what we have known all along – the SNP’s National Care Service bill is in tatters whilst the social care sector is in crisis.
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