Interim National Care Service Advisory Board: Advice to Scottish Ministers and Council Leaders - Coming Home
The Interim National Care Service Advisory Board identified Coming Home as a priority theme for their consideration. The advice and recommendations have been prepared for Scottish Ministers and Council Leaders to help drive improvement and ensure consistency across Scotland.
Coming Home Priority Group
The Priority Group met 3 times to identify key issues and agree advice to share with the full interim NCS Advisory Board:
7 October 2025
17 December 2025
21 January 2026
Group members:
Susan Douglas Scott: Chair, interim National Care Service Advisory Board
Marion McArdle: Member, interim National Care Service Advisory Board
Sandra Auld: Member, interim National Care Service Advisory Board
Peter Scott: Chief Executive, Independent Living Fund Scotland [1]
Presenter to Group (17 December 2025):
Anne Macdonald: Chair, Coming Home Short Life Working Group
Official support:
Susan Ferguson: Scottish Government Coming Home policy
Clare Mills: Scottish Government
Rachel Dowle: Scottish Government, Participation policy
Katie Beattie: Scottish Government, NCS Support team
Jamie Begbie: Scottish Government, NCS Support team
Janet Davis: Scottish Government, NCS Support team
Matt Crilly: COSLA, NCS Support team
Jill Laspa: COSLA, NCS Support team
John Urquhart: COSLA
Contact
Email: NCSAdvisoryBoard@gov.scot