Review information rights of families when LPAs are in place — 16 signatures. Status: open.
We call on the government to review current laws and rights of immediate family members (except where safeguarding concerns exist) to receive medical, financial and welfare updates when a person lacks mental capacity and has a lasting power of attorney (LPA) in use.
We want the government to review the law to ensure that close family members are automatically notified when a lasting power of attorney is registered and used for a family member who lacks mental capacity. We want to see a legal right to receive appropriate financial, medical and welfare updates on an information-only basis. We believe attorneys should not be able to block appropriate information from being shared unless there are domestic abuse or safeguarding concerns. Families should have a clear route to challenge withheld information.
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