The Scottish Government recognises the value of social care support to all who require additional support in living independently at home or in the community.Under the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968 local authorities and Health and Social Care Partnerships have a duty to assess the social care support needs of people and decide, in light of that assessment, whether to arrange any services, and if so, which services.We know that the system needs to work better for everyone in Scotland and we are continuing to work with partners and people with lived experience on ongoing improvement and reform.These statistics show the fewest amount of people waiting for a social care support assessment this year – a reduction of 12% since January. S6W...