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| Criminal Records Bureau Policy |
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It is essential that all people working in Ashford & St Peter's Hospitals NHS Trust (the Trust) are trustworthy and reliable. The Trust has a duty to ensure that patients receive a good standard of care and to take all practicable steps to ensure the safety of patients and staff by undertaking thorough pre employment checks. The Trust is committed to best practice in recruitment to ensure that all appointments are safe. The CRB was established under Part V of the Police Act 1997 and was launched in March 2002. The Bichard Inquiry which followed the Soham murders made recommendations about how vetting should be improved and the Vetting and Barring Scheme (VBS) was established by the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act (SVGA) 2006 to ensure that everyone working in regulated activity with children (defined as those under 18) or vulnerable adults is checked and registered. A new body, the Independent Safeguarding Authority (ISA), was set up to make decisions as to who should be barred from working with vulnerable groups. Instead of several different lists of barred individuals, the ISA maintains a single list of people barred from working with children and a single list relating to vulnerable adults. This new scheme was launched on 12 October 2009 and subsequently interrupted on 15 June 2010 for a full review to be carried out. The requirement for people working in 'regulated activity' to be ISA registered is now on hold.
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| Last Updated ( Wednesday, 29 September 2010 12:53 ) |
