Personal Health Budgets

Personal Health Budgets (PHBs) is a learning programme that introduces how NHS funding can be used more flexibly to support personalised care and support planning. The programme explains the core principles of PHBs and how they help people of all ages have greater choice and control over how their assessed health and wellbeing needs are met. It consists of one eLearning session. 

 

Intended audience 

This programme is for all staff involved in delivering, coordinating or supporting personalised care, including those working with: 

• Adults receiving NHS Continuing Healthcare 

• Children and young people eligible for continuing care 

• People entitled to aftercare under section 117 of the Mental Health Act 

• Individuals entitled to an NHS wheelchair 

• Anyone supporting personalised care and support planning 

 

Key areas covered 

The session explores: 

• What personal health budgets are and why they matter 

• The core principles of personalised care and support planning 

• How PHBs support choice, independence and better outcomes 

• The legal entitlement groups for PHBs 

• The six-step PHB process 

• How PHBs can be used flexibly to meet assessed needs 

• The importance of high-quality personalised care conversations 

• How PHBs support the aims of the NHS Long Term Plan 

 

Learning objectives 

By the end of the session, learners will be able to: 

• Describe what a personal health budget is and why it is important 

• Explain the six steps involved in implementing and maintaining a PHB 

• Recognise the essential components of personalised care and support planning 

• Understand how PHBs can be used creatively and flexibly to meet individual needs 

• Support person-led, strengths-based and empowering care