In February 2020 the Independent Care Review called for a radical overhaul of Scotland’s ‘care system’ publishing for the first time, the human and economic cost of the current provision and its failures. Unprecedented in scope, methodology and model, the Care Review listened to more than 5,500 experiences. Over half of those were children and young people with experience of the ‘care system’, adults who have lived in care and their families. The rest came from the unpaid and paid workforce. The Promise is the body responsible for implementing this work and will oversee the delivery of change, as envisaged by the Care Review, and demanded by generations of voices of care experienced people and their families.
