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Welcome to the personal health budgets Learning Network. If you're interested in personal budgets in the NHS you can find out more about the Department of Health's pilot programme on this website, along with news, resources and information about learning so far. The Network is also home to a learning community for professionals directly involved in the pilot programme, and is run in partnership with In Control.
The Personal Health Budgets Learning Network is being run in partnership with In Control. Many NHS organisations are members of In Control and are working on personalisation in health with them.
Resource Library
Latest Resources Posted
- Personal health budgets: first steps
20/08/2010 - In Control personal health budgets factsheet
09/08/2010 - National End of Life Care newsletters
09/08/2010 - Right here, right now - nef and NESTA
09/08/2010 - "Should we ban brokerage?" discussion paper
09/08/2010
Our most popular resources
- Discussion paper: Key elements of personalised care planning in long term conditions and personal health budgets
- Personal health budgets: first steps
- Understanding personal health budgets: introductory information for people who want to know about personal health budgets
- Equality Impact Assessment
- Managing the Money - Resource deployment options for personal budgets
Pilot sites
Latest Personal health budgets learning network News
- The direct approach: the ultimate in personal health budgets
Lucy Jones explains why she is convinced giving patients budgets is the best way to put them in control of the services they receive. - Building a secure future for people with acquired brain injury conference 26 October 2010
People with acquired brain injury (ABI) face many hurdles in their pathway to rehabilitation and recovery. Personalised services will be key to delivering health and social care to this group. This conference will explore how these needs are being delivered. - Personal health budgets "Update" information sheet July/August 2010
The July/August 2010 information sheet for the Department of Health personal health budgets pilot programme, "Update", has just been published. - First personal health budgets interim evaluation report published
The first independent interim evaluation report on the personal health budgets pilot programme has been published by PHBE. - Direct payments for health care: information for pilot sites published
Information on the regulations governing direct payments in health has been published. The document gives clear advice to help sites in the DH personal health budgets pilot programme meet the regulatory requirements. Nine sites have now been awarded powers to offer direct payments.