National Care Service: Procurement - Co-design Partnership Programme report
This is a report from sessions Scottish Government held around health and social care procurement policy. These sessions were part of our Co-design Partnership Programme.
What’s next
What’s next for Social Care Procurement policy
We are supporting the delivery of ethical commissioning guidance and drafting national guidance on human rights within social care procurement.
What’s next for social care improvement
The Scottish Government remains committed to improving quality, fairness and consistency across the social care system.
The Care Reform (Scotland) Bill (formerly known as the National Care Service (Scotland) Bill) was passed by the Scottish Parliament in June 2025 and became Scottish law (an Act). The Scottish Government is now implementing the Care Reform (Scotland) Act 2025.
This work is a part of the wider, meaningful changes we are bringing to strengthen social care services across Scotland, and helping to improve the lives of those who access care, their loved ones and our valued workforce.
We will be doing extra work with people from groups we know are currently underrepresented in our work so far.
Contact
Email: LEEP@gov.scot