Norman Lamb, Care and Support Minister, has launched a consultation to
gather views on how personal health budgets should be rolled out across the country.
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Personal health budgets should give patients more control over the treatment they
receive and allow them to employ carers directly. The budget will be accessed through
their local NHS. The aim is to give patients freedom and to allow them to be involved
in the planning of their own care.
The independent evaluation of personal health budgets has shown an improvement
in people’s quality of life and referrals to hospital had reduced.
It is the objective of the Commissioning Board to make sure that they are offered to
that could benefit from a personal health budget.
Pharmacy Consulting believe Pharmacy could benefit from the roll out of these
personal health budgets by collaborating with carers and being involved when
patients need more support when prescribed new medicines or have flare ups of
their conditions and need more medication and care. Collaborative working is the key.