Anyone out there ever seen a more up to date access to records policy from Barnardos than the 1996 version at
http://info.harritt.net/barnardos ?
The Adoption Agencies Regultions 1983 require an adoption agency to fully review its policy at least once every three years. Despite numerious requests over the last few years Barnardo's have been unable to furnish a more recent adoptee access to records policy.
I rather suspect that Barnardos has reverted to its pre 1996 policy of, lets make it up as we go along and change it from day to day, which led to the complaint and its resolution that required it produce a written policy in 1996.
Robin Harritt
http://harritt