Twenty eight voluntary and community sector organisations have
been selected to take part in an NHS England programme to help them
'gear up' for personal health budgets.
The organisations will all take part in a national development
programme and have been awarded funding to help equip them with the
knowledge and expertise to inform their local communities about
personal health budgets. The groups will also help support eligible
people to discuss the option of a personal health budget with their
local clinical commissioning group (CCG).
The aim is that this will not just increase demand for personal
health budgets but will ensure that they are delivered well, as
people will be better informed about how their budget should work
for them and what service they should expect from the NHS.
People eligible for NHS Continuing Healthcare now have the 'right
to ask' their CCG for a personal health budget and from October
2014, they will have the 'right to have' one. However most people
don't know what a personal health budget is, let alone that they
will soon be entitled to have one.
We know from recent evaluation of personal health budgets that they
can help give people a better quality of life, better health
outcomes and help keep them out of hospital. This programme will
help ensure that as many people as possible are aware of personal
health budgets, know how to get one, and importantly know what they
can expect from the NHS.
In Control has been commissioned by the NHS to manage the grant
programme on its behalf and to work alongside Peoplehub.
Almost 200 applications were received following its publicity
in February.
The successful applicants include:
- Disability Action Islington
- Greenwich Association of Disabled People
- Real DPO Ltd
- Stroke Care
- Home Angela
- West Lancs Peer Support
- Trafford CIL
- ILS York CVS
- The Carers Resource
- Knowsley Disability Concern
- HALE
- Active Independence
- FLAG (For Local Advice and Guidance
- City Health Care Partnership CIC
- Neurological Alliance TVDNY
- Mosaic (Leicestershire)
- Langstone Society
- Age UK Peterborough
- EDCP
- Autism West Midlands
- Grapevine
- Suffolk Family Carers
- WECILS
- My Support Broker
- Spectrum CIL CIC
- Living Options (Devon)
- The FED CIL
Each of the organisations demonstrated clearly how they were
able to connect to people who might be eligible for a personal
health budget and how they would be able to use the grant to better
inform these people. When selecting organisations, consideration
was also made to ensure a good geographical spread of organisations
and a diverse mix of communities represented. Further information
on the selection criteria can be found on this web
page.
In addition to the above, a further three organisations have been
selected to act as 'mentors' to others taking part in the
programme, these organisations are:
- Health Your Way
- Compass Disability Services (Taunton)
- Age UK Oxfordshire
We are currently in the process of liaising with each successful
organisation and finalising the programme offer.
Last Updated : 11 April 2014. Page Author: Laura Bimpson.
