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Find out the latest news on employment checks, what's new on this site and how NHS Employers is supporting you in recruiting safely.
NHS Employment Check Standards
This page contains the NHS Employment Check Standards - six PDF documents outlining the checks employers must do for the appointment and ongoing employment of all individuals in the NHS.
FAQs: Employment check standards
This page provides additional information about the NHS Employment Check Standards and answers the frequently asked questions.
Advice for employers
The following advice is intended to support employers with meeting the NHS employment check standards from April 2008.
Other resources for employers
This page provides links to further reading and additional resources which are mentioned in the NHS employment check standards.
HCC annual health check
This page provides more information about the Healthcare Commission annual health check.
Legislation
This page lists the relevant legislation that employers must comply with in implementing the NHS Employment Check Standards, including:
New vetting and barring process
The Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act (2006) lays the foundation for the new Independent Safeguarding Authority (ISA) scheme which will be rolled out from 12 October 2009. NHS Employers' role is to ensure that employers have a say in the creation of the new scheme and to support trusts through the implementation stages.
Alert notice system
The Department of Health (DH) announced the 'Healthcare Professionals Alert Notices Directions 2006' on 2 November 2006. This is a revised directive for issuing alert notices for healthcare professionals in England, which replaces Health Service Circular 2002/011.
