Michelle Livesley talks about good person-centred paperwork
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Jane’s guest blogger this month, is her sister Jo – A cancer co-survivor story
Charlotte is speaking at the Annual Supported Living Conference on the 28th June 2012
Helen’s guest blogger this month is Caroline Tomlinson – Extending the breadth of circles of support
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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