A response to the Scottish Government’s review of foster care

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.

A response from the Common Weal Care Reform Group.

The Common Weal Care Reform Working Group examines the Scottish Government’s Nation Care Service Bill and critiques its provisions.

A blueprint for a National Care Service for Scotland.

A Summary Report of our Caring For All Policy Paper.

An eBook version of our blueprint for a National Care Service for Scotland

As the prospect of a National Care Service becomes imminent, it becomes all the more important that any such service is built on solid foundations such as what “care” actually is.

Common Weal’s response to the Scottish Government’s National Care Service Consultation.

It is crucial that the new National Care Service has as a cornerstone the health, safety and welfare of both those receiving care and those providing it.

A Common Weal response to the Scottish Government consultation on the scope of the public inquiry into the response to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Growing and equal nation from the ground up.

A response to the Scottish Governments review into social care for children, The Promise.

Putting Community Hubs at the heart of a National Care Service.