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National Care Service: Ethical procurement co-design report - easy read

This easy read report sets out findings we have gathered through research and co-design that relate to ethical procurement.

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The Scottish Government are still working to improve the social care support system.

The Care Reform (Scotland) Bill has now had formal agreement by the King and became an Act of the Scottish Parliament.

An Act is a law passed by Scottish Parliament.

The interim Advisory Board is set up and had its first meeting in May 2025.

The interim Advisory Board is a group of people who will work together until the final Advisory Board is set up.

Soon the final board will be set up. This will be done after a fair and open appointments process.

We want to hear from as many people as we can. This will help us improve social care, social work and community health.

If you would like to share your experiences you can join our Lived Experience Expert Panel.

If you join the panel, you will be invited to take part in different things like:

For more information about the National Care Service, visit gov.scot/NCS

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