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Personal health budgets
— first steps | | Corporate Author | NHS, Department of Health - DH |
| Publisher | Department of Health - DH, London, 28 January 2009 |
| Pages | 58 pp (Gateway ref: 11225)(+ circular letter) (High quality care for all) |
| Source | Download from website: http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Healthcare/OurNHSourfuture... |
| Keywords | Health services ; Needs [elderly] ; Finance [care] ; Social policy ; Government publications. |
| Annotation | The aim of a personal health budget is "to help people get the services they need to achieve their health outcomes, by letting them take as much control over how money is spent on their care as is appropriate for them". The idea builds on work with self-directed support, individual budgets (IBs) and personal budgets for social care. This document sets out the principles of personal health budgets, reports on early lessons, and invites expressions of interest in the pilot programmes for personal health budgets (by 27 March 2009). It outlines the evidence from self-directed support in the UK and international evidence on self-directed care. It presents six key principles for personal health budgets and personalisation in health - for example tackling inequalities - combined with discussion on who, how much, what type, and what support an individual will need. It gives examples of practice and evidence that support this policy, which is subject to legislation in the Health Bill recently introduced by Lord Darzi of Denham. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-010928501 E |
| Classmark | L: IK: QC: TM2: 6OA |
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