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Registration of home care staff delayed – again


The long-awaited registration of home care workers in England by the General Social Care Council has been put on hold yet again.  The reason given by the Department of Health is to allow the GSCC to improve its conduct function which has been heavily criticised.

This delay is bad news and begs the question as to when, if ever, the much delayed extension of registration will ever happen despite the crying need for it.

You can read Community Care’s article at:

http://www.communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2009/10/12/112838/dh-suspends-long-delayed-registration-of-home-care-staff.html

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