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12 March 2008

Baroness Neuberger has called on the government to make greater use of volunteers in the public sector

The Liberal Democrat peer and government's volunteering adviser used a report on Monday to say that helpers could make "an enormous contribution" to health and social care services

She said that potential was being lost due to excess bureaucracy, with some Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) checks unneccessary.

The report, the first of a series on health and social care services, said that mandatory checks were "clearly unnecessary".

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