Interim National Care Service Advisory Board: Advice to Scottish Ministers - Fair Work
The Interim National Care Service Advisory Board identified Fair Work as a priority theme for their consideration. The advice and recommendations have been prepared for Scottish Ministers to help drive improvement and ensure consistency across Scotland.
Fair work priority group
The Priority Group met twice to identify key issues and agree advice to share with the full interim NCS Advisory Board:
- 7 October 2025
- 12 January 2026
Drafts of advice were then shared by correspondence.
Group members:
Susan Douglas Scott: Chair, interim NCS Advisory Board
Donald Macaskill: Member, interim NCS Advisory Board
Rachel Cackett: Member, interim NCS Advisory Board
Theresa Shearer: Member, interim NCS Advisory Board [2]
Eireann McAuley: Member, interim NCS Advisory Board [3]
Shauna Wright: Unite Union [4]
Liz Martin: GMB Union [5]
Andy Kerr, Chair, of the Fair Work in Social Care Implementation Group, was invited to attend the first meeting to share reflections on progress and challenges for the Implementation Group to date.
Shauna Wright and Liz Martin were invited to join the Group after the first meeting.
Official support:
- Martin Reid: Scottish Government Fair Work policy
- Danny Duffy: Scottish Government Fair Work policy
- Clare Mills: Scottish Government, Data
- Lewis Jack: Scottish Government, Data
- Rachel Dowle: Scottish Government, Participation
- 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
Contact
Email: NCSAdvisoryBoard@gov.scot