health budgets

[pamela_17081]

anybody on the forum use health budgets.
thinking of trying to do it and wondered if it works.

[Chris From The Gulag]

Health budgets ?

Full sp from the NHS web site ... including CHC / NHS Continuing Healthcare :

https://www.england.nhs.uk/personal-health-budgets/

Also , Disability Rights UK ... could be interesting ... as end users ?

https://www.disabilityrightsuk.org/pers ... th-budgets

For a heavyweight legal view on the pros and cons :

https://www.ms-solicitors.co.uk/communi ... h-budgets/

##########################################################

Mmmm ... a duplicated thread ... of sorts ?

https://www.carersuk.org/forum/support- ... %20budgets

[pamela_17081]

many thanks chris. most helpful.

what I would really like is to hear from anybody who has/is using personal health budgets

[Chris From The Gulag]

Your welcome.

Yep ... that may take a while.

Despite news to the contrary from CUK , this forum is quiet ... and getting quieter.

( Even the recent BBC Panorama program did not attract the attention it deserved. )

Plenty of reads but ... the real acid test ... postings ... and not just the ones on the social side ?

[bowlingbun]

Are you aware of the Facebook group for NHS Continuing Care? You might find more people there who use a Personal Budget.

[Freetoleave]

As usual, this site is proving to be an invaluable source of information and support. Out here in the world there are people who have derived direct benefit from the thoughts and ideas of fellow travellers. There have been many times I'm so stressed and upset I hardly know where to turn.

Don't get downhearted if the site traffic is tailing off. Please keep going. I am not a fan of Facebook and would not feel comfortable seeking advice from that site (although I may do a bit of lurking now that I know about it).

I'll do the reading on health budgets like I've read up on other areas. Thanks so much for the v helpful links.

[Chris From The Gulag]

Individual forum members like myself and a few others do our best to keep it alive ... FOR THE BENEFIT OF FELLOW CARERS.

At times , I really feel it's like flogging a dead horse !

Still ... the number of reads on the main FOOD BANK thread continues to give me a degree of satisfaction.

( ps. One of your earlier threads .. and a couple of others ...gave me the inspiration to create the main CHC / NHS Continuing Healthcare thread.

Given the distinct lack of feedback , I can only assume that it proves useful ... for some ? )

[nicholas_1612]

Your posts are most informative Chris and is much appreciated, just like Bowlingbun. A shame about Jenny. Kind regards, Nicholas

[Chris From The Gulag]

Cheers ... like ten green bottles , only four / five left ?

Better make that clear glassed ... don't want to offend the Irish ?

BACK TO THREAD ... WITH APOLOGIES TO PAMELA !