The Scottish Government’s ‘named person’ scheme has faced fresh criticism from the ‘Scotland on Sunday’ newspaper which wrote that there is growing concern over the scheme ahead of its statutory introduction in August. The paper was responding to recent analysis of the scheme’s complaints procedure by the Scottish Public Services Ombudsman, Jim Martin. The proposals aim to give everyone under 18 a named person, usually a teacher or health visitor, to oversee them from August next year. He or she would be a contact point if welfare issues needed to be raised with police or social services. In a letter to MSPs, Mr Martin expressed fears that the complaints procedure being introduced by Holyrood is too rigid and so could become outdated. Many are saying that most children already have guardians, and children at risk are identified through social workers.