Evaluation of the Personal Health Budget Pilot Programme

Julien Forder, K Jones, Caroline Glendinning, J Caiels, E Welch, Kate Baxter, Jacqueline Davidson, K Windle, Annie Louise Irvine, D. King, P. Dolan

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Abstract

The personal health budget initiative is a key aspect of personalisation across health care services in England. Its aim is to improve patient outcomes, by placing patients at the centre of decisions about their care.

The personal health budget programme was launched by the Department of Health in 2009 after the publication of the 2008 Next Stage Review. This independent evaluation was commissioned alongside the pilot programme with the aim of identifying whether personal health budgets ensured better health and care outcomes when compared to conventional service delivery and, if so, the best way for personal health budgets to be implemented.
Original languageEnglish
Place of PublicationCanterbury
PublisherCanterbury: PSSRU University of Kent
Commissioning bodyDepartment of Health
Number of pages215
Publication statusPublished - 2012

Publication series

NamePSSRU Discussion Paper
Volume2840_2

Keywords

  • HEALTH CARE
  • personal budgets

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