PMID- 17578389
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20070821
LR  - 20070620
IS  - 0966-0410 (Print)
IS  - 0966-0410 (Linking)
VI  - 15
IP  - 4
DP  - 2007 Jul
TI  - Barring 'inappropriate people'? The operation of a barring list of social care 
      workers: an analysis of the first referrals to the Protection of Vulnerable 
      Adults list.
PG  - 285-94
AB  - Since July 2004, employers of social care staff working with vulnerable adults in 
      England and Wales have been required to refer workers dismissed for misconduct 
      that harmed vulnerable adults or placed them at risk of harm, to the Protection 
      of Vulnerable Adults (POVA) list. Employers are also required to check the list 
      before employing people to work with vulnerable adults. The Department of Health 
      commissioned the authors to analyse the first 100 referrals to the POVA list. Key 
      findings include the over-representation of males and care home staff in the 
      sample of referrals, compared with national figures on care figures and the 
      tendency for male staff to be involved in more physical types of misconduct. 
      These findings are discussed in the light of the literature on workforce 
      regulation and suggestions are made for the implementation of the Bichard Inquiry 
      recommendations. While it is argued that the list is a positive development, it 
      is also stressed that more general measures to improve the quality of services 
      may be at least as important a means of protecting vulnerable adults. 
      Furthermore, the article argues for public debate on the proper balance between 
      the rights of staff and the protection of vulnerable people.
FAU - Stevens, Martin
AU  - Stevens M
AD  - Social Care Workforce Research Unit, King's College London, London, UK. 
      martin.stevens@kcl.ac.uk
FAU - Manthorpe, Jill
AU  - Manthorpe J
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PL  - England
TA  - Health Soc Care Community
JT  - Health & social care in the community
JID - 9306359
SB  - IM
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - Adult
MH  - Aged
MH  - Caregivers/legislation & jurisprudence/*standards
MH  - Elder Abuse/*prevention & control
MH  - Employment/*standards
MH  - England
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Professional-Patient Relations/*ethics
MH  - Sex Factors
MH  - Social Work/legislation & jurisprudence/*standards/statistics & numerical data
MH  - *Vulnerable Populations
MH  - Wales
EDAT- 2007/06/21 09:00
MHDA- 2007/08/22 09:00
CRDT- 2007/06/21 09:00
PHST- 2007/06/21 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2007/08/22 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2007/06/21 09:00 [entrez]
AID - HSC686 [pii]
AID - 10.1111/j.1365-2524.2006.00686.x [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Health Soc Care Community. 2007 Jul;15(4):285-94. doi: 
      10.1111/j.1365-2524.2006.00686.x.