Easy Read Interim National Care Service Advisory Board: Advice to Scottish Ministers and Council Leaders
Easy read version of the Interim National Care Service Advisory Board's priority advice prepared for Scottish Ministers and Council Leaders to help drive improvement and make sure services are consistent, fair and high-quality across Scotland.
Rights to breaks for unpaid carers
The Care Reform (Scotland) Act 2025 is a new law.
This law will say that unpaid carers must be able to have a break from caring for the people they support.
The Scottish Government thinks it could cost about 272 million pounds a year to support unpaid carers to take breaks.
The Interim NCS Advisory Board has given the Scottish Government advice on how to make sure unpaid carers are able to take breaks from caring.
The advice says the government should:
- work with COSLA and local councils to keep track of how many unpaid carers are able to take breaks from caring
COSLA is an organisation made up of people from local councils in Scotland.
- make sure there is enough money and it is used properly
- make sure there is training for people who will support unpaid carers to take breaks
- publish guidance about how unpaid carers can take breaks from caring
- tell unpaid carers about this new law and what it means for them
Contact
Email: NCSAdvisoryBoard@gov.scot