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Information<\/h2>\n

The importance of face-to-face contact was emphasised: few forensic carers valued written information above the chance to talk, listen and question. \u00a0Being involved in a process of information exchange begins to move onto the territory of involvement and also intersects with carers need for support.\u00a0 For instance, many carers spoke of the sense of feeling included as part of \u2018the team\u2019. \u00a0Nevertheless, in their time visiting secure units, slightly fewer than 40% of carers responding to the survey had received information indicating their rights, such as to a carers\u2019 assessment.\u00a0 Even amongst these there were some who felt this information had not been timely, commenting that it had been \u2018too little, too late\u2019.<\/p>\n

Different kinds of information identified as necessary by forensic carers included information about:<\/p>\n