Last week the Welsh Assembly agreed to measures including removing the need for all members of voluntary committees to possess childcare qualifications. The next set of changes will be more far-reaching, including dropping the requirement for all carers to have an NVQ Level 3 qualification.
Health minister Jane Hutt told the Assembly that care regulations introduced in April 2002 had had 'unforeseen circumstances which placed regulatory burdens, sometimes in the wrong place'. She added, 'This year, the Assembly Government became increasingly concerned that we might lose valuable existing playgroup provision, and slow down our recruitment of childminders and the establishment of new childcare businesses.'
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