Alzheimer’s Society comment on the trial of personal health budgets
Published 8 October 2009
20 sites across England have been selected to participate in a study to identify the benefits of Personal Budgets for health and the patient groups who will gain most from them.
The Health Minister Phil Hope announced today. The budgets are intended to give patients the freedom to choose the services they want for themselves or a family member.
Alzheimer's Society comment
'Any move to give people with dementia more control over their healthcare is a positive step. People with dementia often tell us that they want to remain in their own home and a personal health budget could allow them to do so - this not only makes economic sense but could improve a person's quality of life. Alzheimer's Society awaits the outputs of this research and the insight this will provide into how the budgets will work in practice.
'It will be important that any future expansion of personalised budgets is done in a way which will ensure people with dementia are able to reap the benefits.'
Neil Hunt
Chief Executive
Alzheimer's Society
