Health and Welfare Lasting Power of Attorney

New Office of the Public Guardian Services for LPAs

The Use a lasting power of attorney service for new Lasting Powers of Attorney should be a major stride forward in their ease of use.  How does the Use a Lasting Power of Attorney service work? LPAs are registered by the OPG on or after the 17 July 2020 will receive an LPA reference number …

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Focus on Dementia Report: Prevention, Slowing Disease and Precautions

Focus on Dementia Report 2016. The Focus on Dementia Report says that Alzheimer’s drugs prescriptions are six times higher than a decade ago. HSCIC reports that the number of prescriptions dispensed in England for approved medicines to treat Alzheimer’s increased from 502,000 in 2004 to 3 million in 2014. The cost to the NHS of …

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Office of the Public Guardian

Office of the Public Guardian Lasting Power of Attorney. The function of the Office of the Public Guardian is to protect people who don’t have the ability to make their own decisions (i.e. lack mental capacity). It maintains the registers of Lasting and Enduring Powers of Attorney and also of court orders appointing Deputies. To make a Lasting …

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