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.
Digital
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
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Elizabeth Feenan, Posted on:
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Deputies, deputy, Digital, Mental Capacity Act, Public Authorities, Supervision
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
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Shaun Elliott, Posted on:
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Attorneys, Digital, Future planning, General, Guidance, health and welfare, lasting power of attorney, LPA, Mental Capacity Act
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
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Ian Evans, Posted on:
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Attorneys, Carers, Digital, Future planning, General, Guidance, lasting power of attorney, LPA
This month Ian Evans, Director at Thurrock Coalition, discusses how partnership working has helped to increase applications of lasting power of attorneys (LPAs).
Start with Discovery: Digital Deputy Reporting
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David Thomas, Posted on:
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Deputies, deputy, Digital, OPG Team, Public Authorities
The Office of the Public Guardian is developing a number of services to enable Deputies to submit their annual reports online. One of these services is being developed specifically for Public Authorities (PA).
Ten common mistakes made when creating an LPA
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Caroline Amos, Posted on:
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Attorneys, Digital, Future planning, Guidance, LPA, Solicitors
At OPG, we receive a large number of lasting power of attorney (LPA) forms from solicitors on behalf of their clients. Around 15% of these have errors of various kinds
Pensions and LPAs
Recent changes in pensions regulations have shifted responsibility from the employer to the individual. So who will make pensions decisions for us if we cannot make them ourselves? This is one of the reasons why OPG thinks everyone should consider …
Start with Discovery: Digital Lasting Power of Attorney (LPA)
At the Office of the Public Guardian (OPG) we are committed to providing better and more efficient services to our users. Over the past few months myself and a team of colleagues from across OPG have been doing further work …
What happens when I can't make decisions for myself?
We’re all living longer: statistically speaking, that is. A recent Medical Research Council study, for example, predicted that people will live on average into their late 80s by 2030 compared with their early 80s now.