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Mental Capacity Act

Lasting powers of attorney: a powerful tool and an important choice

Shaun Elliott, 23 August 2017 - 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.

Supporting decision making - Mental Capacity Action Day 2017

Ilora Baroness Finlay of Llandaff, 3 March 2017 - Future planning, General, Guidance, Mental Capacity Act, Supervision

If you want to see a day when the professionals and those on the receiving end of mental capacity come together, it happened last Monday (27 February) at the Royal College of Physicians (RCP).

The Mental Capacity Act – what does it mean to me?

Martin Keeves, 24 March 2016 - Mental Capacity Act, OPG Team, Safeguarding

Martin Keeves, OPG’s Head of Customer Relationship Management, talks about the importance of the Mental Capacity Act (MCA) to the work of OPG and its customers.

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