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The Vetting & Barring Scheme - Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act





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The Vetting and Barring Scheme, due to be launched later this year, has been
developed by the Independent Safeguarding Authority (ISA) to increase current
safeguards and further enhance protection for children and vulnerable adults. 
Here Kate Fielding, Director of Communications at the General Optical Council,
discusses the scheme, its roll out and the implications of this for optometric
professionals with optometrist David Donner.

Kate Fielding and David Donner
Kate Fielding and David Donner


REFERENCES

ISA website

Disclosure Scotland


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