The impact of personal health budgets on managing long-term conditions
In brief
Lord Darzi's NHS Next Stage Review raised the importance for patients to have the power to decide the nature of their own support including moves towards personal health budgets. Following the pilots of individual budgets in social care, in 2009 the Department of Health will pilot personal health budgets which will enable patients to have greater control over the services they receive.
This event explored the implications of the introduction of personal health budgets for people with long-term conditions. A range of case studies were featured including the local authority experience of individual budgets, how personal health budgets may be applied in the NHS; and the benefit of such budgets for patients.
Programme
Programme
Opening session
- Delivering services for people with long-term conditions
Stephen Johnson, Head of Long Term Conditions, Department of Health
Andrew Sanderson, Deputy Director, Policy Support Unit, Department of Health - The implications of direct payments and personalised budgets
Simon Duffy, Chief Executive, In Control
Case studies
- Local Authority experience of providing personal budgets
Sarah Ward, Social Care Transformation Manager, Hartlepool Borough Council
Jeanette Willis, Principle Finance Manager, Hartlepool Borough Council - How personal health budgets can be applied in the NHS
Jeanette Thompson, Self Directed Support Programme Manager, Sheffield City Council
Julia Thompson, Continuing Health Care and Funded Nursing Care Manager, Sheffield Primary Care Trust - How personalised health budgets will benefit patients
Nick Gradwell, Policy Manager (Health), Equality and Human Rights Commission
Speakers
Speakers
- Simon Duffy
Chief Executive, In Control - Nick Gradwell
Policy Manager (Health), Equality and Human Rights Commission - Stephen Johnson
Head of Long Term Conditions, Department of Health - Andrew Sanderson
Deputy Director, Policy Support Unit, Department of Health - Jeanette Thompson
Self Directed Support Programme Manager, Sheffield City Council - Julia Thompson
Continuing Health Care and Funded Nursing Care Manager, Sheffield Primary Care Trust - Sarah Ward
Social Care Transformation Manager, Hartlepool Borough Council - Jeanette Willis
Principle Finance Manager, Self Directed Funding Team, Hartlepool Borough Council