One of the major shifts in health and social care policy over the past five years has been how to allow individuals to have more control over the care package they receive - called 'personalisation'. Most of the trialling of personalisation so far has happened with social care.
However, currently the Department of Health is working with over 70 Primary Care Trusts nationally which have applied to test out personal health budgets – using health money to create personalised solutions. In the North West there are currently around 10 PCTs bidding to achieve formal pilot status. It's early days for personalisation in mental health but I'll be watching to see what the results are from these pilots. For more information see the North West Mental Health Improvement Programme's latest bulletin at http://www.northwest.nhs.uk/document_uploads/MentalHealthNews_July09/Issue038_Pers&MH_CB.pdf. You can subscribe to this yourself using a link at the bottom of the document.
However, currently the Department of Health is working with over 70 Primary Care Trusts nationally which have applied to test out personal health budgets – using health money to create personalised solutions. In the North West there are currently around 10 PCTs bidding to achieve formal pilot status. It's early days for personalisation in mental health but I'll be watching to see what the results are from these pilots. For more information see the North West Mental Health Improvement Programme's latest bulletin at http://www.northwest.nhs.uk/document_uploads/MentalHealthNews_July09/Issue038_Pers&MH_CB.pdf. You can subscribe to this yourself using a link at the bottom of the document.
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