Industry body Scottish Care has urged the country's government to set up a Care for the Carer Fund, offering more support to exhausted social care staff. The fund would be managed by NHS Scotland and could provide extra funding for those who are caring for elderly relatives or people with long-term conditions. It also called for the creation of a commission to establish an "adequate rate of pay'', and said government attempts to integrate health and social care were not working.
Industry body Scottish Care has urged the country's government to set up a Care for the Carer Fund, offering more support to exhausted social care staff. The recommendation was one of 12 in a report by Scottish Care, highlighting the main issues within the industry, which loses a third of its workforce annually. It also called for the creation of a commission to establish an "adequate rate of pay'', and said government attempts to integrate health and social care were not working.