Interim National Care Service Advisory Board: Advice to Scottish Ministers and Council Leaders - Rights to Breaks for Carers
The Interim National Care Service Advisory Board identified Rights to Breaks for Carers 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.
Interim National Care Service Advisory Board
The interim NCS Advisory Board discussed Rights to Breaks for Carers at the following meetings:
23 September 2025
10 November 2025
The Board agreed its advice at its meeting of 9 February 2026. [2]
Interim Advisory Board membership:
Susan Douglas Scott: Chair
Anne Marie Monaghan: Chair, Independent Living Fund
Tressa Burke: Chief Executive, Glasgow Disability Alliance
Marion McArdle: individual member
Sandra Auld: individual member
Jim Hume: individual member
Eireann McAuley: individual member
Tracey McFall: Chair, Scottish Independent Advocacy Alliance
Rachel Cackett: Chief executive, Coalition of Care and Support Providers Scotland
Donald Macaskill: Chief executive, Scottish Care
Theresa Shearer: Chief executive, Enable
Nicola Dickie: Director of People Policy, COSLA
Soumen Sengupta: Chief officer, South Lanarkshire
Eddie Fraser: Chief executive, East Ayrshire
Fiona Davies: Chief executive, NHS Highland
Donna Bell: Director of Social Care and National Care Service Development, Scottish Government [3]
Iona Colvin: Chief Social Work Adviser (until December 2025)
Joanna Macdonald: Chief Social Work Adviser (from December 2025)
Contact
Email: NCSAdvisoryBoard@gov.scot