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DBS Checks for practice employees

DBS Checks

The Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) carries out criminal record checks for specific positions, professions, employment, offices, works and licences included in the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

Practices are able to obtain employees via the following organisations/services.

Avon Local Medical Committee

As an LLR practice you are entitled to belong to the LMC buying group, and they have a DBS checking service provided by our colleagues at Avon LMC: http://www.lmcbuyinggroups.co.uk/suppliers/profile/dbs-checks-processing-service

uCheck

uCheck offer a range of vetting and screening solutions to over 25,000 employers in the UK. This includes DVLA, Right to Work Checks, Adverse credit, ID checks, and the very important DBS criminal record check.

As the second largest Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) umbrella body in the country, uCheck screen more than 400,000 employees annually! As part of the MG Care Group of companies, they are ISO27001 accredited and a Nettitude partner, so you are guaranteed the highest level of quality and compliance.

Vetting and Barring

As part of the coalition agreement, the government committed to reviewing and reforming the vetting and barring scheme and criminal records regime, scaling them back to ‘common sense levels’.

Updated on Tuesday 24 April 2018, 3665 views

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