This paper, written by Jim Rogers, examines some of the arguments for allowing personal health budgets to access complementary and alternative therapies and medicines (CAM) and highlights some of the potential objections and obstacles to this.

Staying In Control evaluation follow-up questionnaire for individuals.

A document from Carers UK describing the benefits for families of direct payments.

If we are to take forward a meaningful and sustainable change in the way individuals relate to the health service, it will be essential to have people on board who have experience of being patients. They can help us drive forward this evolution, ...

Robert Murray-Neill et al., 2008

New policy paper, written by Vidhya Alakeson, arguing that individual budgets can create a more patient-centred and integrated health and social care system.

Latest strategy paper published by the coalition government aims to transform the mental health and wellbeing of the nation and achieve parity between physical and mental health.

Simon Duffy, Director of the Centre for Welfare Reform, 2010. This report, published in May 2010, argues that the Personalisation model is particularly notable for offering a framework for integrating health and social care support to people w...

A whole system, whole life framework.

The story of Mitchel and the steps involved in organising successful support.