The government is setting aside £1.5 million to help fuel a national
introduction of personal health budgets for certain National Health
Service patients, which could take place later this year.
More
than 60 primary care trusts in England are currently involved in a
nationwide pilot programme, which, it is hoped, will help clarify how
personal health budgets can best benefit patients, the aspects of care
they could be spent on, and the best route of their implementation.
Evaluation
of the pilots is expected this Autumn, and so the Department of Health
has identified the funds to ensure that the scheme is 'good to go' as
soon as the findings are known.
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