Nursery World - Regulators lack childcare experts

Few of the members of the two new bodies with responsibility for regulating all Scottish childcare services and staff announced earlier this month have any background in daycare. Nine people have been named for the Scottish Commission for the Regulation of Care, which will take over the registration and inspection of childminding and early education and daycare from local authorities in April 2002. It will also be responsible for regulating adult care services and residential childcare.

Nine people have been named for the Scottish Commission for the Regulation of Care, which will take over the registration and inspection of childminding and early education and daycare from local authorities in April 2002. It will also be responsible for regulating adult care services and residential childcare.

A Scottish Executive spokes-person said, 'The members were picked for their management and governance skills, rather than specific expertise in these sectors or because they represented these particular sectors. There's going to be a committee structure in the way the organisations operate, so they will be able to get input from representatives of the sectors.'

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