Right to breaks for unpaid carers - implementation

The right to breaks provisions in the Care Reform (Scotland) Act 2025 will make changes to the Carers (Scotland) Act 2016 to deliver a right to personalised short breaks support for carers who can’t currently access “sufficient breaks” from caring. In preparing for implementation this consultation seeks opinions on: The definition of the key term, “sufficient breaks” Types of breaks that should be in scope Timescales for preparing adult carer support plans and young carer statements Transitional arrangements from the current system to the new right to breaks Read the consultation paper . The consultation paper contains full background information for this consultation. You may find it useful to read or refer to while responding. We also have an Easy Read version of the consultation paper available. The consultation questions are included here for your reference. Please clic