Care services failing to check suitability of staff
15 June
2005
Care homes and other care services are failing to consistently
apply safe vetting procedures and good recruitment practices for
staff, says our report published today.
The report, called Safe and sound?, looks in depth at the
reasons certain services are failing to meet national minimum
standards.
Download the report below or read on for more information.
Overall there has been improvement in meeting the recruitment
and vetting standard since 2002-03.
But the latest figures show that only 59% of care homes for
older people are meeting the standard.
Dame Denise Platt, Chair of the Commission, said: “While there
has been progress in the last couple of years, many care providers
are still not meeting the minimum standard.
"Employers need to be more rigorous in their recruitment and
vetting practices, so that people who use services can have
confidence that their care is safe.”
Safe and sound? is the latest in our series of bulletins for
service providers designed to encourage good practice in social
care.
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