About the pilots

Over half the primary care trusts in England applied to participate in the personal health budgets pilot programme. Sixty sites have provisional pilot status. You can see the sites involved and the scope of work they are focusing on by downloading the list of pilot sites below.

• List of personal health budgets pilot sites

Twenty of these pilot sites have been selected for an in-depth study, as part of a wider evaluation exploring who will benefit most from personal health budgets and how the NHS can make them work. You can use the interactive map on this page to find out more about these twenty sites.

You can also read more about pilot sites across the country by clicking on 'Wider group of pilot sites'in the left hand menu.

The independent evaluation study is being conducted by a partnership between existing research teams at three institutions, led by the personal social services research unit (PSSRU) at the University of Kent. The pilot programme will run until 2012, and interim evaluation reports will be issued at regular intervals.

• More information about the evaluation