Widow backs Frank’s Law fast-track

Frank’s Law campaigner Amanda Kopel has backed a Conservative call to fast-track the new legislation to expand free personal care.

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon announced free personal care will be extended to under-65s with degenerative conditions as part of the Programme for Government on Tuesday. The government has said the law will be in place by April 2019 but Scottish Conservative health spokesman Miles Briggs is calling for it to be brought forward by a year, supported by Mrs Kopel.

The new law is named after her late husband, former Dundee United player Frank Kopel.

He was diagnosed with dementia aged 59 and faced bills of £1,200 a month for care until he died aged 65 in 2014.

Amanda Kopel campaigned for the planned Frank’s Law