Carers and Social Care

As an amendment to motion S5M-05312 in the name of Alison Johnstone (Carers and Social Care), leave out from "agrees" to end and insert "welcomes that work to explore the extension of free personal care to people under 65 who would benefit from it is underway; notes recent investments to make care charges fairer and calls on all local authorities to ensure that they are as flexible as possible in the withdrawal of charges; believes that all local authorities should ensure that all staff providing social care are paid at least the real Living Wage, as set by the independent Living Wage Foundation, with a view to providing better conditions and structures for career development to help recruit and retain staff, and further believes that, if Scotland loses access to the single market due to Brexit, and with it freedom of movement, that this will pose a serious recruitment challenge for social care.”