CYP Now - England eyes Scotland review for lessons on care system overhaul

Taking three years, Scotland’s care review sets out detailed proposals for changing the “broken” care system. With the UK government pledging its own care review, sector experts identify what England can learn.

Scotland’s Independent Care Review was launched at an event in the Scottish parliament attended by people with care experience, some of whom gave evidence to the inquiry. Picture: Independent Care Review

Scotland’s Independent Care Review has been praised for its “unprecedented” scope and vows to put looked-after children and care-experienced adults at the heart of a “radical overhaul” of the country’s children’s social care system.

It includes 80 recommendations for changes to the system and is accompanied by an implementation plan, which sets out a detailed vision for what the system will look like in 10 years’ time (see box).

At its launch, Scotland First Minister Nicola Sturgeon vowed to make the changes “as quickly and as safely as possible”. Policymakers in Westminster will be watching progress north of the border closely as they prepare the ground for a care review in England, promised by the Conservative party ahead of the December general election.

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