National Care Service
Proposed publicly-funded social care system in the United Kingdom / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The National Care Service (NCS) is a proposed publicly funded system of social care in the United Kingdom which was partially introduced by the Labour government of Gordon Brown in 2010 but abandoned soon after when the coalition government of David Cameron and Nick Clegg came to power in May 2010. Similar to the National Health Service, it would be free at the point of need and paid for through taxation.[1][2] The Labour Party has continued to propose the creation of an NCS while in opposition, and has done so under each consecutive leader since Ed Miliband's leadership in 2010.
Since 2021, the proposal has been adopted by the devolved governments of Scotland and Wales.[3][4] In Scotland, it is planned for the service to be fully operational by 2028 or 2029.[5][6] In Wales, the government has begun gradually implementing the service from 2022 for what is expected to be a ten-year period.[7][8]