Power Of Attorney - Stakeholder Toolkit

A Power of Attorney (PoA) is a legal process giving someone you trust the power to make decisions that will protect you, your family and those you care about should you ever lose capacity to make decisions for yourself. 

An individual who is in hospital and no longer has the capacity to make decisions for themselves requires PoA to be discharged from hospital. If a PoA is not in place, an application must be made to the Sherriff Court for an Intervener or Guardian to be appointed. 

Being a spouse or next of kin is insufficient to gain authority to make decisions on behalf of the individual who is not able to. Also, creating the PoA must be done before the individual is unable to make decisions for themselves.

The Power of Attorney campaign is an opportunity to share key messages of the campaign and raise awareness of the need for PoA for key audiences.

Stakeholder Toolkit

Resources available to help share key messages includes:

• Toolkit and Fact Sheet
• Videos
• Leaflets
• Posters

All campaign resources can be found via SG Communications Resource Centre - Power of Attorney

How You Can Help

We would very much appreciate your help in raising awareness of PoA and why it is important:

• Sharing the imagery and videos via your social channels
• Re-sharing content via the Healthier Scotland Facebook page via relevant pages
• Signposting your audiences to links for further information
• Displaying the downloadable poster

If you have any questions on the Power of Attorney campaign and resources, please contact fionna@mypowerofattorney.org.uk