This week we will process the following PoAs:
- Electronic (EPOAR) submissions received on 04/06/2024.
- Postal submissions received around 19/06/2024.
An expedited registration service is available for PoAs that are to be processed urgently. Expedited requests are currently taking around ten working days to process. The examples below outline the type of urgent situations that meet the criteria of the expedited registration service. The granter:
- has subsequently lost capacity and urgent decisions are required to be made.
- has been admitted to hospital and urgent action is required to be taken.
- requires to be moved from hospital with a care package or into a care home.
- is at risk of financial harm as they cannot act in their own interests to pay bills, care fees etc.
- has been discharged from hospital and a financial assessment is to be undertaken.
Please note that if an EPOAR submission is to be expedited, you must complete the full process including paying the fee before requesting the PoA is considered for expedited processing.
There is no need to contact us to ask for the status of the PoA as this may inadvertently delay the PoA from being processed on time.