Read Helen’s new blog on using NHS money in a way that makes sense to the individual

09 December 2011

How can person-centred approaches help people make decisions about their healthcare?

The Secretary of State for Health Andrew Lansley has announced that from 2014, all people will have the right to ask for a personal health budget. Early findings from the evaluation are showing improved health outcomes for people. But there is a risk this important work will be distracted by critics fuelled on a diet of media stories about severe financial restrictions, cutbacks to services and "bad" use of public money. We are starting to witness an increasing climate of "fear" that creative solutions to managing people's long term health conditions must be continually justified - and in the worst case scenario, severely restricted.

 

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