The Department of Health is consulting on proposals to amend the minimum standards for childminding and day care for children aged under 12.  The purpose of this consultation is to get feedback on proposals to changes two key areas of childcare regulation.  The first area is in relation to vetting (the requirement for all prospective childcare workers to provide a health assessment, countersigned by their GPs, in advance of taking up employment). The second area concerns the adult:child ratios set out in the Minimum Standards for Childminding and Day Care for children under 12.

Siobhán will be providing a response to this consultation.  If you have any comments you wish to include please get in touch with Siobhán as soon as possible at policy@wsn.org.uk

The deadline for comments is Friday 20^th June 2025 and it is available on the Department of Health’s website here:

https://www.health-ni.gov.uk/consultations/consultation-proposals-amend-minimum-standards-childminding-and-day-care-children-under-age-12