Can you become a child minder with a heart condition?

[Oneinthegrave]

My mum's employer has unfortunately had to close due to the pandemic. She's wanted to work within childcare for a very long time and says now is the time for her to finally do what she wants to do as she has the redundancy money to start up, pay for required courses and the free time to be able to throw herself into it.

She's been looking at the requirements of becoming a child minder and come across the health declaration form. She has stable angina which she takes medication for. Is this going to be an outright disqualifier? She's in absolute pieces after thinking she finally had the chance to chase her dream and that it might now be out of touch! A google search comes up short but I thought what better place to ask than mumsnet!
Thankyou in advance for any information in relation to this issue.

Sorry you haven’t had any replies. I don’t know the up to date registration process as I became a childminder years ago when the GP had to sign a health form. Perhaps your mum could check with her Dr or chat to PACEY about her suitability?

The health check is just to identify any medical conditions that could mean it's risky you being in sole charge of small children. For example if you have uncontrolled seizures regularly, it wouldn't necessarily be super safe you being in sole charge of a baby and two toddlers. Or if you have a history of depression, and six months ago you turned up at A&E having hallucinations and reporting you felt like harming yourself - Ofsted would probably want a doctor to speak to you to get more information about your medical status before just signing off that yep you're fine to childmind. Or even just very day-to-day practical stuff like if you have mobility issues, that could get flagged so inspectors could know ask you about them. If you struggle to get yourself in and out of bed and up and down stairs, do you have a strategy for managing a double buggy or lifting small children in and out of car seats. That sort of thing.