Current status: Answered by Neil Gray on 19 February 2026
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of any potential impact that the reported proposed reduction to the telecare emergency response team in Argyll and Bute will have on residents.
The responsibility for telecare provisions lies with local authority responder services. The Scottish Government therefore does not hold this information. However, the Scottish Government recognises the value of telecare services in supporting some of the most vulnerable people in our communities and has contributed more than £4m towards the national programme of securing the analogue to digital migration for telecare, the procurement of the Shared Alarm Receiving Centre, and the associated data and innovation programme.