Bureaucratic barrier.

Abstract

Nurses wanting to change jobs can face long delays waiting for Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) checks to come through. Some have even ended in debt as a result. CRB checks can be delayed if the forms are not completed correctly. According to the CRB, 98 per cent of standard disclosures are completed within two weeks. Enhanced disclosures--for staff working in the sole supervision of children or vulnerable adults--are completed within four weeks in 90 per cent of cases.