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the medical requirements. The current regulations require a medical
examination before a licence can be issued for a number of performance
opportunities. There was unanimous support that this should be changed because
it was not delivering the safeguards it was originally designed for, and was costly
for the parents.


The requirement for a medical certificate from a child’s doctor should be
removed.
85 This should be replaced with a medical questionnaire supplied by the parent and
an undertaking that they will inform the employer and the local authority of any
material change in the health of their child.


Hope the government implement this one :roll:

Thanks for posting. Very interesting reading :D
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During the course of my discussions with stakeholders a number of issues were
raised which were outside the direct scope of this review, or not explored in any
detail. I would like to bring to these to the Government’s attention, specifically:
●● Child talent and casting agencies/the casting process. I received a number
of representations that there should be controls on these agencies to ensure they
are adopting policies and practices which safeguard children on their books and
promote their best interests. Currently anyone can set themselves up as an agent
(simply by setting up a website), and encourage children (sometimes via drama
teachers in schools) to send them their personal details and photos without any
requirement even to be CRB checked. There is no system for parents or schools
to check the credentials of the cold call approaches they receive. I also heard that
many of these companies charge both to source auditions and to be put on their
database. Although there are some very responsible agencies, the practice of some
raises concerns about the potential safety of children in this respect, and their risk
of exploitation (including the levels of commission they charge).


Bet this caught your eye obsteve :D
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Hecouldshine wrote:the medical requirements.
85 This should be replaced with a medical questionnaire supplied by the parent and
an undertaking that they will inform the employer and the local authority of any
material change in the health of their child.

which would be much more useful - my dd has food allergies - this does not make her unfit to perform, but my spending ages making sure chaperones knew about her - and what i don't know about on-set first aid provision isn't worth knowing - not that i wouldn't have done all that anyway, but it would be excellent to see such issues dcoumented in a required and standard format
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Thought this was revealing. Wonder if we live in one???
'............Indeed I was told
that some that production companies purposely did not recruit children from
certain local authorities as their licensing arrangements were so inadequate.
Different approaches were leading to inequalities in opportunities for children in
adjacent local authorities to perform.'
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thank you for posting this- very interesting
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ditto - thanks obsteve -interesting to note that the '4 day of working without a licence within 6 mths' is still apparant. I was recently advised that this was not the case anymore & children have to be licensed for even a 1 day non-payment or amateur work. Now I'm confused!
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Hi Hecouldshine,

Yes, and my mum was very proud too !

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obsteve wrote:Hi Hecouldshine,

Yes, and my mum was very proud too !

:D
:D :lol: :D
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