New, easier way to share your online basic DBS check result

Applicants can now share their basic DBS check result directly with an employer or other third party, helping to make recruitment checks quicker and easier.

Quicker, simpler sharing

The Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) has introduced a new way for applicants to share their online basic DBS check result.

Previously, applicants had to forward emails and instructions themselves to anyone they wanted to view their result.

Now, applicants can choose who they want to share their result with during the application journey. DBS will then contact that person directly with a link to view the result online.

This gives applicants and employers a more streamlined and secure way to complete recruitment checks.

Benefits for applicants

Applicants can share their basic DBS check result more easily. They can:

• securely share their basic DBS check result with an employer or organisation
• access and manage their result online
• reduce the need to forward emails
• choose when and with whom they share their result

The service provides a convenient way for applicants to share their basic DBS check result while maintaining control over their information.

Benefits for employers

Employers can also benefit from the new service. They can:

• view a shared basic DBS result online
• receive information directly from a trusted GOV.UK source
• reduce the need to rely on paper certificates
• support faster recruitment and onboarding processes

This is part of DBS’s wider work to make its digital services simpler, more accessible and more efficient for applicants and employers.

By providing secure digital options, DBS continues to support applicants and employers with services that are simple, accessible and efficient.