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Join our webinar on Lasting powers of attorney in the BAME Community 

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We are hosting our very first event, aimed at the health and social care sector, to discuss ways we can help bridge the gap in access to healthcare for BAME communities. It’s taking place on 25 March between 10am-11am.  We will explore options to ensure people always have a voice in their …

Getting started as an attorney or deputy

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Whether you’re in the process of creating a lasting power of attorney with a loved one or have just started acting as a court appointed deputy, here are some useful tips and ideas on how to make sure you’re acting …

Use a lasting power of attorney – more LPAs are now eligible

Posted by: , Posted on: - Categories: Attorneys, Carers, Digital, Future planning, lasting power of attorney, LPA

Over the last few months, we’ve been working hard to make our Use an LPA service available to lasting powers of attorney (LPAs) registered before 17 July 2020. From now on, LPAs registered on or after 1 September 2019 will …

Lasting Power of Attorney and the COVID Vaccine

Posted by: , Posted on: - Categories: Attorneys, Carers, Covid-19, Deputies, deputy, Guidance, lasting power of attorney, LPA, Mental Capacity Act, Safeguarding

COVID-19 has been the single greatest public health emergency in the history of the NHS. The weeks ahead will be the hardest yet but I really do believe that we are entering the last phase of the struggle. Because with …

Updating how we communicate – find us on Spotify! 

Posted by: , Posted on: - Categories: Attorneys, Covid-19, Deputies, Digital, Future planning, General, Guidance, health and welfare, lasting power of attorney, LPA, OPG Team
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At the Office of the Public Guardian we’ve been looking at improving the services we offer and to provide more opportunities for our stakeholders and customers to get the information they need in a format they want.   

Use a lasting power of attorney – your questions answered

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Since we launched the Use a lasting power of attorney service on 17 July, we’ve received lots of questions from people wanting to know more information on how the service works and how it is helping our customers. We’ve put …

We’ve launched the new ‘Use a lasting power of attorney’ service.

Posted by: , Posted on: - Categories: Attorneys, Digital, Future planning, health and welfare, lasting power of attorney, LPA
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In recent months it's become much clearer just how important our online services are. With the world going online to communicate and collaborate we’ve been working behind the scenes to make the lives of donors and attorneys easier.  We want to offer …

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