IN January 2021 the Scottish Government is to publish the findings of a review into social care in Scotland. In the outline we read that it will take a “human rights-based” approach to the issue. Nicola Sturgeon has said that the Government’s response will include considering the possibility of a National Care Service, but what is not spoken of is how such a service is to be funded. In response to an open invitation the Scottish Socialist Party has submitted a paper outlining our vision of a National Care Service, namely that it should be publicly run and funded and, crucially, free at the point of need.