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Sharing a basic DBS check result becomes simpler and more direct

The Disclosure and Barring Service now lets applicants choose during their application who to share their basic DBS check result with online, so the service…

The Disclosure and Barring Service has introduced a simpler way to share the result of a basic DBS check online, designed so that each applicant decides who sees it and when they see it. --- The context --- Until now, anyone who received their result had to forward emails and instructions themselves to every person or organisation that needed to view it. That route placed the burden of the process on the applicant and multiplied the intermediate steps. --- The facts --- Under the new system, applicants choose during the application journey itself who they want to share their result with. Following that choice, DBS then contacts that person directly with a link to view the result online, so the applicant no longer has to forward anything on their own. The service also allows applicants to access and manage their result online and to choose when and with whom it is shared. For employers, it means viewing a shared result online and receiving the information directly from the official source. --- The positions --- DBS says, in presenting the service, that the new route gives applicants and employers a more streamlined and secure way to complete recruitment checks. It also presents the change as part of its wider work to make its digital services simpler, more accessible and more efficient for both groups. --- What remains unknown --- The available information describes how the new journey works in general terms, but it does not set out every step an applicant will see when sharing a result, nor how cases will be handled where the recipient still prefers a paper certificate. --- Unanswered questions --- How long does the link sent to the chosen recipient remain available for viewing the result? Can an applicant withdraw or change who their result was shared with after the link has been sent? What happens to applicants who cannot complete the journey online and still rely on paper? --- EPM analysis --- The change moves the effort away from the applicant's personal inbox and into the service itself. The applicant keeps the initial decision and the employer receives the result through a direct channel. 📌 EPM Take: In EPM's view, the real value of this change is that it hands control back to the applicant without weakening the check an employer needs to make. Sharing no longer depends on forwarded emails and becomes instead a decision taken during the application itself, with a chosen recipient and access managed online. If the new journey works with the simplicity being promised, the basic check will gain in speed and in clarity for both sides, and applicants will know at every moment who is looking at their result and for what purpose it is being seen by that person.
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