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Find out about making investments for someone who does not have mental capacity.
Find contact details of court-approved professionals working as panel deputies in the south east of England.
The standards for lay deputies, public authority deputies and professional deputies.
What to do first if you're acting for someone under a lasting power of attorney for health and care decisions.
Find contact details of court-approved professionals working as panel deputies in the Midlands.
What the Office of the Public Guardian expects from companies that provide surety bonds to court-appointed deputies.
Detailed guides for people making property and finance or health and welfare decisions under a lasting power of attorney.
Find contact details of court-approved professionals working as panel deputies in the north of England.
How the Mental Capacity Act 2005 applies to health and social care staff.
Find contact details of court-approved professionals working as panel deputies in Wales.
A guide to help staff learn how to support customers to use the services the Office of the Public Guardian provides.
This guidance sets out the Public Guardian’s position on the Re ACC judgment and the actions OPG expect deputies to take to ensure compliance.
People who lack mental capacity can be helped to express their views by an independent mental capacity advocate service.
Find out the methods available for paying your deputyship fees.
Find out about the Office of the Public Guardian's lasting and enduring powers of attorney privacy policy and how we collect and process your data.
How the Mental Capacity Act 2005 affects you if ever you lose mental capacity.
Additional guidance for lay deputies on how to act and what they must do to meet the standards of the role.
Find contact details of court-approved professionals working as panel deputies in the north east of England.
This page provides information on what to do if OPG can't investigate your concern.
What to do first if you're acting for someone under a lasting power of attorney for financial decisions.
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