Nursery World - Nannies are not childminders

I am a qualified nanny and have worked as a nanny for the past 11 years. I do not want to register as a childminder, despite what the Government has said in its proposals to introduce nationally a new category of 'home childcarers' to allow childminders to look after children in the child's home (News, 25 April). I went to college for two years to train to become a qualified nursery nurse, not for a few weeks to become a childminder. Nannies and childminders cannot be classified as being the same.

I went to college for two years to train to become a qualified nursery nurse, not for a few weeks to become a childminder. Nannies and childminders cannot be classified as being the same.

I would rather be included on a national register of nannies than a register of childminders, and I know many other qualified nannies who would feel equally offended if someone was to refer to them as a childminder.

Lindsay Byrne. Northampton

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