Taking OPG into the future: A summary of our 2018 stakeholder events
...Our main theme for the events was to look to the future and to share our plans for the next 6 years. Today, we have over 3.5 million powers of...
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Deputies must comply with new guidance by 1 April 2021
...deputy will need to get authority to use the client’s funds to reimburse a third party for work carried out on the client’s behalf. Deputies are expected to apply to...
Power of Attorney stories: Kamlesh
...don’t take life too seriously. Outside of work I’m close to my family and friends and proud to belong to a thriving Asian community in Leicester. Diwali is upon us...
Tackling our terminology
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Attorneys, Carers, Deputies, deputy, EPA, FAQs, Future planning, Guidance, lasting power of attorney, LPA, Mental Capacity Act
...capacity must be in their best interests. There is no specific answer as to what is in a person’s best interest, as every decision is unique to the person and...
Lasting Power of Attorney and the COVID Vaccine
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Attorneys, Carers, Covid-19, Deputies, deputy, Guidance, lasting power of attorney, LPA, Mental Capacity Act, Safeguarding
...Please refer to chapters 4 and 5 of the Mental Capacity Act Code of Practice for more information and guidance about how the MCA works in practice. If you have...
Get it right the first time - hints and tips to help you complete your LPA application
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Laura Crouch, Posted on:
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Future planning, Guidance, lasting power of attorney, LPA, Mental Capacity Act
...you want to include in your LPA to ensure it is lawful and refer to our guidance for assistance. When we see what we believe to be an unlawful instruction,...
Powers of Attorney Bill receives Royal Assent
...means we can introduce measures to better protect against fraud and abuse, including allowing OPG to check the identity of those involved in the LPA. While the new modernised service...
Lasting powers of attorney: a powerful tool and an important choice
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Attorneys, Digital, Future planning, General, Guidance, health and welfare, lasting power of attorney, LPA, Mental Capacity Act
...how. You can continue doing things yourself as you normally would. Your right to do so is protected. For instance, you might have to go into hospital and want a...
To give or not to give? OPG launches new guidance on gifting
...matter how generous the person was, you can’t give gifts on their behalf to total strangers: they must go to people or to a charity the person would normally have...
Supporting decision making - Mental Capacity Action Day 2017
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Future planning, General, Guidance, Mental Capacity Act, Supervision
...to Include’s specially written song about the Mental Capacity Act. Tim Farmer, author of ‘Grandpa on a Skateboard’ engaged everyone in understanding how to assess capacity for ‘that decision at...