The Royal College of Surgeons (RCS) has revealed that checks from the Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) were causing members to miss out work, due to which young patients were missing out on surgery. The ...

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Almost three million background checks were carried out on people in England and Wales last year, says privacy campaign group Big Brother Watch. Some 2,981,958 checks were made in the 12 months to 18 ...

Millions of employees and volunteers will no longer have to apply for a new criminal records check every time they apply for a job, the Home Office announced today. Individuals will only need to apply ...

A Government agency set up to protect children has branded hundreds of innocent people criminals, it has emerged. In the year to February, almost 700 applicants for jobs in teaching, nursing, ...

Image caption, CRB checks require the disclosure of all criminal convictions or cautions, regardless of their relevance to the job. 25 January 2013 Blanket criminal records checks are not "compatible" ...

The Criminal Records Bureau has more than doubled its capacity to process applications and is able to step up check... The Criminal Records Bureau has more than doubled its capacity to process ...

If you are a contractor or work for a contracting company, you may be wondering whether or not you need a CRB check to carry out your work on sites. This depends entirely on where and what the sites ...