Personal Health Budgets

Guidance, information and opportunities to practice defining and explaining personal health budgets to individuals, their families and with other healthcare professionals.

Personal Health Budget eLearning:  

From October 2014, people who are eligible for NHS Continuing Healthcare (CHC), as well as young people and children eligible for Continuing Care, have the right to have a personal health budget. This interactive scenario-based course provides guidance to healthcare staff who will be involved with personal health budgets in a variety of capacities.

The course is made up of one session with topics including:

• Topic 1: Personal health budgets
• Topic 2: Benefits
• Topic 3: Risks
• Topic 4: Who is eligible?
• Topic 5: How the budget works
• Topic 6: Clinical Commissioning Group
• Topic 7: Self-Assessment

What will learners get out of it?

• Understanding of the key terminology and characteristics of a personal health budget
• Understanding of the risks and benefits of a personal health budget and who is eligible
• Explanation of the three budget options, how they are determined and what they cover
• Guidance on how personal health budgets work for individuals, families and carers who have different health needs

Who is the course for: 

All healthcare staff who may be required to discuss, recommend or contribute to personal health budgets. This may include:

• Primary care
• End of life care
• Social care
• Secondary care e.g. for discharge planning options

Assessment: 

The session is followed by a multiple choice assessment with a pass mark of 80%, designed to test learners’ understanding of the course. Progress can be tracked by managers for internal audits and learners can keep a certificate of completion for CPD.

Accreditations & Endorsements: 

The course was commissioned by Partner 2 Care, and had national input from NHS England.

Duration: Duration:

30 mins approx

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