Protection of Property

Looking after your property if you are in hospital or residential care.

Your relatives or friends will take care of your house, pets and bills until you come home or until other arrangements are made for you.  In certain circumstances, if Worcestershire County Council is involved in making arrangements for your care and there is no one else to make arrangements for the protection of your property or it has concerns about the arrangements that have been or are being made for the protection of your property, your social care worker will talk to you about visiting your property and making the necessary arrangements to make your property safe.

Information Download

Download the full Protection of Property information  (61 KB) which includes:

• What protection of property is
• What Worcestershire County Council have to do by law
• How your property is protected
• What happens next
• What happens if you take valuables into hospital with you
• How bills are paid while you are away from home
• What happens to pets
• How long your property is protected for
• What you may have to pay

  Large print version of the Protection of Property information. (65 KB)

Find out more

For more information about Protection of Property contact us at:

Operational Support Team
Adult and Community Services
County Hall
Spetchley Road
Worcester
WR5 2NP

Telephone:  01527 556118

Email:  mday1@worcestershire.gov.uk