A bureaucratic nightmare if you are attempting to support a loved one by being their power of attorney. Most banks are able to enact this if you go into the branch with the correct paperwork - not Barclays. They have a very convoluted system of appointments with such poor availability that it is totally unfit for purpose - EG I urgently need to enact a power of attorney and have been told that the first appointment is not for 2 months and thereafter would have to wait at least 10 days for it to be dealt with! The branch staff are very sympathetic but whoever signed off their system for power of attorney registration is completely incompetent and has no understanding of why someone might need to do this.