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Scottish Pensioners’ Forum Releases Report Calling for the Creation of a National Care Service

STUC & Scottish Pensioners’ Forum Joint Press Release 

For Immediate Release

Scottish Pensioners’ Forum Releases Report Calling for the Creation of a National Care Service

The Scottish Pensioners’ Forum, the campaigning organisation for older people in Scotland, have today released a report calling for the creation of a National Care Service in light of the tragic number of deaths related to Covid-19 within care home settings. The report is supported by the STUC.

Rose Jackson, SPF Chair, argued

“Covid-19 has had a disproportionate impact on the most vulnerable members of our society with many older people losing their lives prematurely due to the inadequate measures in place within residential care settings - things must change as a matter of urgency to ensure that more older people don’t lose their lives unnecessarily as a consequence of this.”