Publication - Advice and guidance
Interim National Care Service Advisory Board: Advice to Scottish Ministers and Council Leaders - Self-Directed Support
The Interim National Care Service Advisory Board identified Self-Directed Support 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 self-directed support at the following meetings:
- 23 September 2025
- 10 November 2025
The Board agreed its advice at its meeting of 9 February 2026. [6]
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 Association for Independent Advocacy
- 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
- Iona Colvin: Chief Social Work Adviser (until December 2025)
- Joanna Macdonald: Chief Social Work Adviser (from December 2025)
Contact
Email: NCSAdvisoryBoard@gov.scot