DH News: 4 million boost to give patients control of their healthcare

The money will be used to support personal health budget pilot sites set up and run their pilot schemes.

Personal budgets allow local NHS trusts to put individuals in control of how, where and from whom they receive their healthcare, in partnership with the local NHS.

A personal health budget can either be arranged by the NHS, an independent third party, or the individual can be given the money to buy the care themselves through a direct payment.

Through personal budgets, the Government is giving more power and control to patients – a key them of the Health White Paper Equity and Excellence: Liberating the NHS, which was published on Monday.

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