Who Cares? Scotland and other advocates are calling for standardised guidance to support care leavers, allowing better access to care records, according to this article from the National. The article tells the story of Ryan McCuaig, a young man who was involved in state care as a child who sought to uncover his records from that time. “I was told they had located my files but they were redacting them and it may take some weeks," said McCuaig. "When I chased that up I was told it was a department under pressure and it may take a bit longer."
“I went to pick it up before work, and ended up sitting in my car by myself reading them. It felt so uncaring, so bureaucratic. It is describing the life of a child but written in note-taking language. It definitely has the potential to re-traumatise people. What would have been much better is if I had been offered support, rather than sitting alone and reading every traumatic thing about your childhood."