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Vetting and Barring 

This page provides you with free downloadable documents that are relevant to adult protection and elder abuse. These are reproduced here to assist you in your enquiries but please note that copyright remains with the authors/publishers of the individual documents.

Department of Health

               DoH Report: The first 100 referrals to POVA and what this tells us about the use of the
                          system.

 Criminal Records Bureau

             CRB guidance on disclosure What is available, when, different types, etc

The Bichard Inquiry Report

A Public Inquiry Report on child protection procedures in Humberside Police and Cambridgeshire Constabulary, particularly the effectiveness of relevant intelligence-based record keeping, vetting practices since 1995 and information sharing with other agencies.  This report makes recommendations on matters of local and national relevance.  Click here to download.

             Policy briefing on the new Vetting and Barring system

More Information:

Action on Elder Abuse

Association of Directors of (Adult) Social Services

Care and Social Services Inspectorate for Wales

Care Quality Commission

Crown Prosecution Service

Department of Health (England and Wales)

Department of Constitutional Affairs

Key Adult Protection documents

Miscellaneous

Nursing and Midwifery Council

Public Guardianship Office

Social Care Institute for Excellence

Scottish Executive

Vetting and Barring