Proposed national standards for the regulation of childcare agencies in Scotland could prove a costly and bureaucratic public relations exercise and may not ensure child protection, according to one of the largest nanny agencies in the country.
The final version of the standards will be used by the Scottish Commission for the Regulation of Care to register and inspect nanny agencies. But Eddy Tulloch, who heads the Edinburgh-based agency Butterfly Person- nel, said the draft standards, published by the Scottish Executive just before Christmas, were 'aimed at trying to reassure people things will be all right, when no one can guarantee that'.
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