Care Reform (Scotland) Act 2025

1. Introductory Text

2. Part 1 Health and social care information

   1. Chapter 1 Digital care record

      1. 1. Ministers to facilitate creation of records

   2. Chapter 2 Information sharing schemes

      1. 2. Power to create schemes

   3. Chapter 3 Information standards

      1. 3. Power to produce standards

      2. 4. Persons to whom standards may apply

      3. 5. Duty to comply with standards

      4. 6. Withdrawal of standards

      5. 7. Interpretation of Chapter 3

3. Part 2 Reforms connected to delivery and regulation of care

   1. Chapter 1 Modifications to other enactments

      1. Carers

         1. 8. Rights to breaks for carers

         2. 9. Adult carer support plan

         3. 10. Young carer statement

         4. 11. Minor modifications in relation to carers

         5. 12. Short break services statement

         6. 13. Promotion of support for carers

      2. Care homes

         1. 14. Visits to or by care home residents

      3. Health and social care integration

         1. 15. Integration principles

      4. Commissioning

         1. 16. Reserving right to participate in procurement by type of organisation

         2. 17. Threshold for Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015 to apply

         3. 18. Ethical commissioning guidance

         4. 19. Procurement strategies

      5. Regulation of social services

         1. 20. Scottish Social Services Council’s power to require information

         2. 21. Delegation of functions under Part 1 of the Regulation of Care (Scotland) Act 2001

         3. 22. Cancellation of care service registration

         4. 23. Assistance in inspections from Healthcare Improvement Scotland

      6. Protection of adults at risk of harm

         1. 24. Provision of information by and to health care services

      7. Government social work advice

         1. 25. National Chief Social Work Adviser and National Social Work Agency

   2. Chapter 2 Ministerial regulation-making functions

      1. Delivery of care

         1. 26. Continuity of services for persons who have a disability

         2. 27. Timescales for assessment of persons who have a terminal illness

      2. Advocacy, information and advice

         1. 28. Independent advocacy

         2. 29. Independent information and advice

   3. Chapter 3 Further Ministerial functions

      1. Projecting care needs

         1. 30. Report on projected care needs

      2. Market monitoring

         1. 31. Report on social care market

         2. 32. Power to obtain information for the purposes of section 31

      3. Monitoring and promoting fair work

         1. 33. Fair work strategy

         2. 34. Report on fair work

      4. Monitoring advocacy provision

         1. 35. Report on independent advocacy services

      5. Advancing sectoral bargaining

         1. 36. Sectoral bargaining: guidance etc.

4. Part 3 Final provisions

   1. 37. Ancillary provision

   2. 38. Regulation-making powers

   3. 39. Commencement

   4. 40. Short title