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The Independent Safeguarding Authority VBS Scheme is cancelled |
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Written by Fergus Stokes (Admin)
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Wednesday, 16 June 2010 17:06 |
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July registration halted as VBS is remodelled
The Home Secretary, Theresa May, has today (15th June 2010) issued a statement to the House of Commons which confirms the stated intention of the coalition Government to review the Vetting & Barring and criminal records regimes to ensure that they are scaled back to common sense levels.
The Written Ministerial Statement reads:
Tuesday, 15 June 2010
HOME OFFICE
Vetting and Barring Scheme
Secretary of State for the Home Department (Theresa May):
I am announcing today that the commencement of voluntary registration with the new Vetting and Barring Scheme (VBS) in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, which was due to begin on 26 July, will be brought to a halt as of today.
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Last Updated on Tuesday, 10 August 2010 11:11 |
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Written by Administrator 1
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Friday, 31 July 2009 19:16 |
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Pova and Poca Lists
R (Wright) v Secretary of State for Health and Another The House of Lords decided today that the procedure relating to Care Workers under Part VII of the Care Standards Act 2000 does not comply with the Human Rights Act 1998.
Care workers who look after vulnerable adults and are suspended or dismissed for misconduct, putting their charges at risk, are required to be reported to the Secretary of State by anyone who runs a care home or domiciliary service. Their names may then be placed provisionally on a list (the POVA list) which prevents them being employed to look after vulnerable adults. This provisional listing may or may not be confirmed. This scheme is modelled on the arrangements of those who work with children under the Protection of Children Act 1999 (the POCA list).
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Last Updated on Friday, 31 July 2009 19:21 |
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