Confusion dogs police checks

The confusion over criminal records checks for nursery staff in Scotland is so widespread that even some officers working for the new Scottish Commission for the Regulation of Care did not know what was going on until two weeks ago, Nursery World has learned. Applications for checks need to be countersigned by a body registered with Disclosure Scotland, the new criminal records checks organisation. In March the Scottish Executive said the Care Commission would act as the registered body for nurseries and other childcarers. But it has since emerged that this is not the case, although the Commission did act...