A COMPREHENSIVE plan and timescale for social care reform needs to be set out quickly by the Scottish government, Audit Scotland warned today.

The SNP said that during the election campaign they would create a national care service on par with the NHS if re-elected, a position shared by Labour and the Scottish Greens.

But Scotland’s government watchdog has called on the Scottish government to lay out what the service would look like, and when it would be in place.