A proposal to withdraw the framework of the National Care Service from the National Care Service (Scotland) Bill and then to retain several of the remaining workable articles from Sections 2 and 3 of the Bill.

A Common Weal response to the Call For Views on Stage 2 of the National Care Service Bill and the Scottish Government’s proposed amendments.

We offer the changes that should be made to the Government’s proposals for a National Social Work Agency to enable the NSWA to make a meaningful improvement to the lives of those who will use it.

Proposed amendments to the National Care Service (Scotland) Bill that, if adopted, would bring the NCS closer to the vision laid out in Common Weal’s policy paper Caring For All.

A briefing for the Stage 1 reading of the Bill in the Scottish Parliament.

The “co-design” process for the NCS has not worked. Here is what to do about it.

A history of Scottish social work as its delivery transitioned from a matter of government social security to a task for volunteers and the charity sector.