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3. Alex Cole-Hamilton (Edinburgh Western) (LD) LD

To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to protect people receiving and awaiting social care packages, in light of recent reports that industr...

The Minister for Social Care and Mental Wellbeing (Tom Arthur) SNP

We are working to improve outcomes for people who need or receive social care. No one in Scotland should have to wait for crucial care and support. It is the...

Alex Cole-Hamilton LD

For the five years of this parliamentary session, we have known about the challenges that the minister has just rehearsed, and all the while that crisis in s...

Tom Arthur SNP

I recognise the constructive engagement of Ms Laughland. With regard to what has been achieved in this Parliament, one key point that I will highlight is the...

Alex Cole-Hamilton LD

The current rates of social care pay are “woefully inadequate”. Those are not my words but those of Donald Macaskill, who is the chief executive of Scottish ...

Tom Arthur SNP

I put on record my sincere gratitude to Donald Macaskill and his team at Scottish Care for their continued engagement and valued insights. It has been a plea...

Paul Sweeney (Glasgow) (Lab) Lab

Some 1,036 Glaswegians are currently on a waiting list for social care assessment by the city council, which is the highest total in just under two years. Wh...

Tom Arthur SNP

I draw the member’s attention to the additional resource that was agreed through the budget process in the Parliament, although I recognise that social care ...

The Presiding Officer (Alison Johnstone) NPA

That concludes topical questions.