The Professional Association of Nursery Nurses (PANN), a division of the Professional Association of Teachers (PAT), said last week that it wants the next Government to end the exception which means nannies are the sole form of unregistered and unregulated childcare in Britain. As part of its election manifesto PANN said it wanted the next Government to set up a national register of all childcarers, which would include around 90,000 nannies as well as childminders and daycare staff.
PANN pointed out that if the Government did register nannies, parents such as nurses and shiftworkers who employ nannies for their flexible hours would be able to access the childcare tax credit element of the Working Families Tax Credit.
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