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. The Scottish Government is being urged to set up a new Care for the Carer Fund to help prevent “stressed'' and “fatigued'' social care staff from quitting their jobs. 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 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.