Integrating personal budgets for people with mental health problems
SCIE Guide 55
Published: December 2014
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Foreword
Foreword from Simon Stevens, Chief Executive, NHS England.
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Recommendations
Recommendations for implementing integrated personal budgets in mental health.
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Introduction
Creating a joined-up, integrated experience of health and social care services is vital to achieve good outcomes for individuals.
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Policy background
Here we look at three policy areas that are central to the emergence and implementation of integrated personal budgets in mental health.
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Evidence and initiatives
This section discusses some of the evidence from a recent evaluation of personal health budgets. It also describes some recent government initiatives.
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Recognising a good integrated personal budget
This section looks at what a good integrated budget looks like. It lists what the person with the budget should do, how the integrated budget can be managed and the stages involved in the process.
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Challenges of integration
The challenges faced by those implementing integrated personal budgets fall into the following categories: financial, cultural, organisational, and community and individual.
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What works well?
Based on evidence from various sources of knowledge, a number of issues arise as being key to the successful delivery of integrated personal budgets in mental health.
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Examples from emerging practice
Practice examples from around the UK.
