Paediatrics: Vetting
Health
Written answers and statements, 20 March 2007
John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley, Liberal Democrat)
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many paediatricians working in hospitals in England have an up-to-date Criminal Records Bureau certificate clearing them to work with children.
Rosie Winterton (Minister of State (Health Services), Department of Health; Doncaster Central, Labour)
This information is not held centrally. It is the responsibility of individual employers to carry out Criminal Records Bureau checks when employing any staff working with children, including paediatricians, in order to satisfy themselves that they are safe to carry out this type of work. NHS Employers provides guidance to employers on this matter.