A report published by Social Work Scotland and entitled: Accessing Records in Scotland: What people with care experience tell us about the Right of Access, provides information on what people with care experience in Scotland have experienced regarding their right of access to records from the time they were in care and recommendations to improve practice.

The research and report was undertaken by Aberdeen City Council, the Champions Board of West Dunbartonshire Council, The City of Edinburgh Council, Future Pathways, Social Work Scotland and Who Cares? Scotland, is designed to provide the foundation for a Gold Standard Best Practice Guide in supporting access to care records by providing a baseline for the creation of a consistent, trauma-informed, rights-based framework for responses to Right of Access requests.

Read the full report

Read the summarised report