Personal Health Budgets
A personal health budget is an amount of money provided by the NHS to support you to meet your identified health and wellbeing needs. The aim is to give people with long-term conditions and disabilities greater choice and control over the healthcare and support they receive.
Personal health budgets work in a similar way to the personal budgets that many people are already using to manage and pay for their social care via the Local Authority.
How do I get a Personal Health Budget?
At the moment only adults with long term health conditions and disabilities who qualify for NHS Continuing Health Care funding and children who qualify for Continuing Care can apply for a Personal Health Budget.
If you think that you might qualify, talk to your GP or health professional. They will be able to give you information about the assessment process and whether you might qualify.
If you would like advice on the process, we are here to help. Call us on 020 8831 6088
To hear about the experience of Personal Health Budgets recipients and their carers and families visit the People Hub Website.
Mr Parker was struggling to secure a Personal Health Budget for the care of his Mother who had been awarded Continuing Healthcare funding. We helped him secure the budget and put the plan together. 'Your formidable advocacy, moral support and thinking have been invaluable throughout all this.' said Mr Parker, Barnes