Scotland’s named person scheme has sparked much outrage after it emerged that parents will be reported to the state for trivial family incidents, including forgetting their children’s hospital appointments.
Holyrood passed a Bill earlier this year that contained the controversial scheme, despite warnings from family groups and a leading human rights lawyer who said the state employee’s powers would ‘cut across’ parental rights. Critics have dubbed the named person scheme a ‘Big Brother’ invasion of private family life.
Although the scheme is not set to be fully implemented until August 2016, the Scottish Government guidance is now being used by the NHS to justify sharing data on children with head teachers.
