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Improving how we support adults at risk
Improving how we support adults at risk
Betty Du, safeguarding strategy lead, talks about the rationale behind OPG’s new safeguarding strategy and what it aims to achieve.
Lasting powers of attorney – your voice, your decision
Caroline Amos and Andrea Breau from OPG’s communications team talk about how OPG’s first-ever campaign on lasting powers of attorney has been developed.
Making safeguarding personal at OPG
Contact Centre Advisor Sharon Dye talks about her role as a nominated safeguarding officer.
Testing how an OPG mediation service might help protect vulnerable people
Ashok Chopra looks at how OPG is trialling a service that could improve the safeguarding of people who may lack mental capacity.
Improving how we work at OPG: how digital tools are making things simpler and faster
Simon Manby, Sirius Digital Product Owner, talks about the development of OPG's internal case management system and how it's improved ways of working.
Taking OPG into the future: A summary of our 2018 stakeholder events
Jan Sensier, OPG's deputy director of strategy and corporate services, talks about how OPG is planning to further develop its services over the next few years.
A story of contrasts: The 5th World Congress on Adult Guardianship
Public Guardian Alan Eccles was invited by the South Korean Ministry of Justice to speak at the 5th World Congress on Adult Guardianship in October. Angela Johnson, Head of Policy and Practice, reflects on the visit.
A professionals' perspective on the deputy online reporting service
Amy Feetham, accounts paralegal at law firm Irwin Mitchell, discusses her experience of using our online deputy reporting service. Irwin Mitchell was the first professional organisation to use the deputy online reporting service which launched in spring 2018.
The latest on our deputy online reporting service
It’s been 18 months since we launched our online reporting service for lay deputies. Since then 6,000 reports have been submitted online, we’ve launched the service for public authorities and made changes to the design of the lay reporting service.
Lasting powers of attorney: a powerful tool and an important choice
A lasting power of attorney (LPA) is the only way that someone can choose who they trust to manage their affairs if they lose mental capacity and aren’t able to do so themselves.
Championing LPAs in Thurrock
This month Ian Evans, Director at Thurrock Coalition, discusses how partnership working has helped to increase applications of lasting power of attorneys (LPAs).