Mental Health, Regulations

Disability

• Dementia Information Service for Carers (DISC)

  DISC offers advice and information to carers of older people who have dementia including finding services that can help, thinking about and finding a care home, and continuing to care after admission.

• UK Government’s Disability Policy Division

  Information on disability legislation.

Disclosure

• Criminal Records Disclosure

  Organisation to help employers make safer recruitment decisions.

• Disclosure Service (England and Wales)

  This provides a regulated ‘one-stop’ service for England and Wales offering access to records held by the police, together with those held by the Department of Health and the Department for Education and Skills.

• Nacro

  Crime reduction charity that promotes practical solutions to reducing crime.

• Protection of Vulnerable Adults Information

  The latest versions of guidance, including the ‘Practical Guide’ for care homes and homecare agencies and the form organisations complete to request that a worker, or former worker, be added to the POVA list.