From Disclosure Scotland regarding works in hospitals where contractor staff could come into contact with ‘children or vulnerable adults’.

From the 1^st April 2025 the Disclosure Scotland Act 2020 will bring with it changes to the legislation that provides for PVG Membership when carrying out a regulated role in Scotland with Children and Protected Adults.

These changes don’t take effect until the 1^st April.

One major change is in the area you refer to in your enquiry – it will now be a requirement when working in certain named locations one of which is a Hospital setting for individuals who when in the named location will have the opportunity of unsupervised contact with children or protected adults.Disclosure Scotland

So yes from the 1^st April and only from the 1^st April you will be required by law to have anyone who works in a Hospital and has the opportunity for unsupervised contact when doing so to be in the PVG Scheme.

Applications cannot be submitted until the 1^st April.

If you have individuals working in a hospital at the moment which is not a Children’s Hospital those individuals won’t be eligible for PVG until the law changes on the 1^st April.