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Information for healthcare professionals
A personal health budget allows people to have more choice, flexibility and control over the health services and care they receive.
A pilot programme involving around half the primary care trusts in England is currently underway to test out personal health budgets in the NHS. The programme and its evaluation will explore who will benefit most from personal health budgets, and how the NHS can make them work.
This is a very different way of commissioning and managing health care services, and we know there are many details and complexities to work through. That is why we are piloting personal health budgets, and evaluating the work that the pilot sites will do.
The pilot programme will run for three years until 2012, with the final report on the evaluation available in October 2012.
Family member or carer?
The information on this page is for health and social care professionals. If you are interested in having a personal health budget, or are the family member or carer for someone who is, you can read all about personal health budgets here.
Clinical Commissioning Groups Pathfinders Learning Network
If you are a GP, there is information about personal health budgets on the Pathfinders Learning Network resource page which you may find of interest.
Key resources for healthcare professionals
A collection of resources aimed to help health care professionals learn more about personal health budgets and the pilot.
Personal health budgets policy
Visit the Department of Health website for more information about the personal health budgets policy and the programme's independent evaluation.
Updated! Frequently asked questions
See our FAQ pages to find out how personal health budgets connect with other personalisation policies.
About the NHS pilots
Find out more about the NHS primary care trusts participating in the personal health budgets pilot programme.
