I read a particularly ridiculous story on the BBC news website today about a mother who has been told that she cannot travel to school with her severely epileptic son because she has not been police checked.
Jayne Jones, of Aberfan near Merthyr Tydfil, used to travel with her son Alex, 14, in the council-provided taxi when she was worried he may have a fit.
Apparently the council, in order to cover themselves, carry out CRB checks on any adult escorting children as a standard procedure. Of course this is necessary in many situations but I think in this case it is a bit extreme and not to mention time wasting! She’s his mother and looks after him for the other 99% of the time so I’m sure she knows what she’s doing.
There is no room for common sense in these so called standard procedures and this story perfectly illustrates the silly length of red tape that we have to work through today.
Emma
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