Lasting Power of Attorney - Health and Welfare *title revised by GNHQ AT OP's request*

No speed queue that I’m aware of.
Maybe you could update your will ?

We were told on Friday that it will take around 20 weeks.

Ou could ring and say it's really urgent. I had to ring up just once before I sent the forms in and got a really helpful guy.

Thank you all!

Sorry, I wasn’t very clear in my op. The LPA relates to a very elderly friend of ours, who is fully compos mentis.

Yes, it might be worth giving the OPG a call to see if they can help.

If your friend has given you power of attorney you can’t make any health or welfare decisions for her whilst she is fully compos mentis. As regards any other matter, you can only act with your friend’s consent, once the LPA has been registered, as long as she retains mental capacity.

Thank you Gsm, I was hoping that you’d pop in!

Yes, I realised about when it can be used. Sorry to sound so vague, but as this is a public site, I’m being very cautious!

Germanshepherdsmum

If your friend has given you power of attorney you can’t make any health or welfare decisions for her whilst she is fully compos mentis. As regards any other matter, you can only act with your friend’s consent, once the LPA has been registered, as long as she retains mental capacity.

I thought there was a section germanshepherdsmum where the person concerned could choose for their appointee to make decisions on their behalf before then with their agreement.

I am sure my Mum wanted this before she lost capacity. She said she was just so tired, she trusted me and knew what she wanted as we often discussed it.

My DM was the same. She invoked the financial part of her POA some time before she needed the welfare part, as she felt ground down by having to deal with her financial affairs.

Just sorted the POA and the health one, they said it would take up to 20 weeks the form was sent to the Public Guardian Office on the 21st of March and received it all finalised on the 20th of June so about 13 weeks.

Wheniwasyourage

My DM was the same. She invoked the financial part of her POA some time before she needed the welfare part, as she felt ground down by having to deal with her financial affairs.

My Mum was so weary at times that she just handed me her purse when we went shopping and said “just do it for me please”.

This was a lady who had kept a housekeeping book every day of her life since she got married in 1945. She was good with figures and money but she just couldn’t be bothered any more.

Germanshepherdsmum

If your friend has given you power of attorney you can’t make any health or welfare decisions for her whilst she is fully compos mentis. As regards any other matter, you can only act with your friend’s consent, once the LPA has been registered, as long as she retains mental capacity.

Not correct, sorry. An LPA can be made to be used immediately with the consent of the donor. The donor has to be involved as much as possible while they retain capacity and the attorneys are acting very much in an advisory capacity at this stage.

I’m afraid you are wrong. It must first be registered with the OPG.