re arrangements. It is important to explain to the parent why it will be necessary to ask them for information about themselves and the child, including health and family health information. The social worker should emphasise how important this knowledge will be to provide current health care, and to enable plans to be made for the child now and in the future, and to satisfy the child’s needs for information throughout their life. 41 2.36. The agency should explain that any information obtained will be safeguarded, and the circumstances in which it will be shared with others, including the adoption panel, prospective adopter when the child is placed, the court, and, at the appropriate time, the child. The parent should be given information about the provisions of the Adoption Information and Intermediary Services (Pre- Commencement Adoptions) Regulations 2005 (AIR) and the child’s right to request information when they reach eighteen, and encouraged to consider what information, mementoes and photographs they might wish to leave with the agency to be passed on to the child in the future (see chapter 11). 2.37. The duty to ascertain and record the wishes and feelings of those close to the child applies to any other person the agency considers relevant. This will include relatives, particularly grandparents and siblings of the child, and current or past carers and other people important to the child. Although AAR 14 does not explicitly require that they be offered counselling, it will be important to ensure that they understand what is proposed, and the implications of adoption. If they wish to be considered themselves as future carers of the child, they should be advised to make this clear as soon as possible, so that an assessment of their suitability can be carried out