Personal Health Budget
Gathers the number of patients with a personal health budget (PHB) in each Integrated Care Board (ICB).
About this standard
- Publisher
- NHS England
- Also known as
- PHB
- Reference code
- DAPB2184 Amd 26/2019
- Publication date
- 23/03/2023
- Status
- Active
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- Standard type
- Collections
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Collections. A Collection is a systematic gathering of a specified selection of data or information for a particular stated purpose from existing records held within health and care systems and electronic devices.
Extractions. An extraction is a type of collection that is pulled from an operational system by the data controller and transmitted to the receiver without additional processing or transcription by the sender.
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- Collection level
Aggregate level
- Frequency
Dataset publication or collection occurs every three months.
- Contact point
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- Applies to
- Integrated Care Boards (ICBs)
- Associated medias
Topics and care settings
- Topic
- Care
- Finance
Review Information
- Scope
- All Clinical Commissioning Groups and successor bodies (Integrated Care Boards).
Legal basis and endorsements
- Legal authority
Section 250 of the Health and Social Care Act 2012
This standard is published under section 250 of the Health and Social Care Act 2012.
Section 259 of the Health and Social Care Act 2012
NHS standard contract
More information
A Personal Health Budget (PHB) is one way of personalising people's care to ensure they get the care they need. It is an amount of money to support a person's identified health and wellbeing needs, planned and agreed between the person and their local NHS team, or with a partner organisation on behalf of the NHS (such as a local authority).
In December 2019 the legal ‘right to have’ a personal health budget was extended from NHS continuing healthcare, and children and young people’s continuing care to include Section 117 Mental Health Aftercare and people eligible for wheelchair services (Personal Wheelchair Budgets). The data collected will be used to monitor progress against trajectories and the roll out in areas with a legal right.
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