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Moving forward : using the learning from the Individual Budget pilots
— response to the IBSEN evaluation from the Department of Health | | Corporate Author | Department of Health - DH; Individual Budgets Evaluation Network - IBSEN |
| Publisher | Department of Health - DH, London, 2008 |
| Pages | 37 pp (Gateway ref: 10701) |
| Source | Department of Health, Wellington House, 133-155 Waterloo Road, London SE1 8UG. http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/socialcare/socialcarerefor.. |
| Keywords | Social security benefits ; Independence ; Pilot ; Evaluation ; Government publications. |
| Annotation | The main questions that the Department of Health (DH) wanted the Individual Budgets (IBs) pilots to answer were: can IBs help people to get better outcomes from social care resources and services to improve their lives; and can improvements be achieved without additional costs? This response from the DH to the IBSEN research team covers: removing barriers to access for people with mental health problems; monitoring outcomes for individual service users; costs and sustainability; funding streams; eligibility and assessment; acceptable use of resources and managing the money; support planning and brokerage; risk and risk management; the workforce, providers and commissioners; and the interface with the NHS. The DH acknowledges that, in some cases, different user groups experienced less positive attitudes towards IBs; and that the report highlights challenges in ensuring benefits to everyone as well as financial sustainability. Overall, for the DH, the research shows that IBs have the potential to improve outcomes for people without increases in costs, and with increased cost-effectiveness; and that the personalisation agenda is moving in the right direction. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-081024202 E |
| Classmark | JH: C3: 4UC: 4C: 6OA |
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