is unacceptable for 89 agencies to withhold information about a child and provide a picture that bears little relation to the reality. The information provided must include full details of the child’s background. This includes the history of any abuse or neglect and/or sexualised behaviour on the part of the child, their history in care, including the number and duration of placements, educational progress (or difficulties), behaviour and comprehensive information about physical and mental health and development, and the implications for the future. Such information is a vital tool for prospective adopters if they are to be able to make an informed decision as to whether to accept the placement of the child and, once the child is placed, to understand and deal effectively with the child’s particular needs. 4.25. The agency must meet the prospective adopter to discuss the proposed placement, be ready to answer their questions and provide, as far as possible, whatever further information they need. It is good practice for the medical adviser to meet with the prospective adopter to share all appropriate health information, to discuss the needs of the children with whom they are matched, and to provide a written report of this meeting. To comply with the regulations, the agency must ensure that it records the prospective adopter’s views about the proposed placement, including any view they have about proposed contact arrangements. 4.26. Prospective adopters should have received a general explanation of placement procedures as part of their initial preparation for assessment but the agency should now remind them of its placement planning procedures. The agency should ask whether the prospective adopter would be willing to meet later with the child’s parents, if this is consi