Evaluation of the personal health budget pilot programme

Forder, Julien E.; Jones, Karen C.; Glendinning, Caroline; Caiels, James; Welch, Elizabeth; Baxter, Kate; Davidson, Jana; Windle, Karen; Irvine, Annie; King, Dominic; Dolan, Paul

doi:10.2307/j.ctt1t892xn.18

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“…In health care the use of personal budgets is even newer and, hence, at an earlier stage of development and evidence (Forder et al 2012). More specific to the area of interest of this paper, there is not clear evidence of the effectiveness and cost effectiveness of personal budgets for supporting people with mental health problems (Webber et al 2014).…”

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confidence: 69%

Commissioning for better outcomes in mental health care: testing Alliance Contracting as an enabling framework

Clark

Ryan

Dixon

2015

Mental Health and Social Inclusion

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Purpose -Commissioning has been a central plank of health and social are policy in England for many years now, yet there are still debates about how effective it is in delivering improvements in care and outcomes. Social inclusion of people with experience of mental health is one of the goals that commissioners would like to help services to improve but such a complex outcome for people can often be undermined by contractual arrangements that fragment service responses rather than deliver holistic support. In this paper we discuss a form of commissioning, Alliance Contracting, and how it has been allied with a Social Inclusion Outcomes Framework (SIOF)in Stockport to begin to improve services and outcomes.Design/methodology/approach -The paper is a conceptual discussion and case description of the use of Alliance Contracts to improve recovery services and social inclusion in mental health care in one locality.Findings -The paper finds that the Alliance Contracting approach fits well with the SIOF and is beginning to deliver some promising results in terms of improving services.Research limitations -This is a case study of one area and, as such, it is hard to generalise beyond that.Practical implications -The paper discusses a promising approach for commissioners to develop locally to guide service improvements and better social inclusion outcomes for people.Social implications -Rather than developing good services but fractured pathways of care across providers and teams, the Alliance Contracting approach potentially delivers more holistic and flexible pathways that ought to better help individuals in their recover journeys.2 Originality/value -This is the first paper to set out the use of alliance contracting and social inclusion measures to help improve services and outcomes for people experiencing mental health problems.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 69%

Commissioning for better outcomes in mental health care: testing Alliance Contracting as an enabling framework

Clark

Ryan

Dixon

2015

Mental Health and Social Inclusion

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“…Personal health budgets have been trialled in the National Health Service (NHS) for people with a range of conditions such as diabetes and asthma and for users of mental health services (DH 2009;Forder et al 2012). These budgets are now being rolled out nationally and localities are being encouraged to offer them to people with long-term conditions.…”

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confidence: 99%

The Boundaries of Budgets: Why should individuals make spending choices about their health and social care?

Needham¹

2016

The Three Sector Solution

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“…As Charlotte has not been responsible for the finances in her married life, she will need additional educational support to help her understand the allowances available to her, how to claim these, and what services these may purchase. This is particularly relevant in the UK with the increased personalisation of health and social care services, and the award of individual budgets managed by the client/patient to achieve this (Department of Health 2005;Forder et al 2012).…”

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confidence: 99%