...patient is in hospital with COVID-19, knowing their instructions within a health and welfare power of attorney can help to reach best interest treatment decisions for them. It will also...
...receive LPA applications which contain some unlawful instructions, there are many legal cases on what is an unlawful instruction and you are advised to seek legal advice on any instructions...
...the Office of the Public Guardian has: established an internationally renowned safeguarding approach for people in need transformed operational performance, significantly improving service to customers increased uptake of lasting powers...
...online reporting service which launched in spring 2018. “Prior to us using the online service, we completed reports in PDF format which was an inconvenient procedure due to there not...
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...income and outgoings, which will help deputies track spending better Following feedback from our deputies, in the coming months we intend to improve the way the ‘money in’ and ‘money...
...that everyone can make an informed choice about creating a lasting power of attorney. More accessible information, such as real life scenarios and case studies, will be persuasive in delivering...
...introduced, as well as EPAs and deputy orders. We showed an early version of the sample deeds to Baroness Finlay, life peer and independent chair of the National Mental Capacity...
...longer, changing careers and other variations. Pensions and retirement are no longer black or white. “In April 2015, the government introduced new freedoms where people could access their pensions in...
...instrument that allows someone else to make decisions for you about your finances, health and welfare). It’s with that in mind that we’ve just published a leaflet called, ‘What happens...