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Beyond Direct Payments
PHB Choices
PHB Choices is an internet-based system which is run by NHS Shared Business Services (NHS SBS). It enables people to use the internet to purchase products and support services from suppliers, and it can be linked to agreed support plans. It was developed with Personal Health Budgets (PHBs) in mind, but in fact there is no reason it cannot also be used for:
• personal budgets in social care (children and adults) • personal budgets in education
• direct payments
• self-funders.
Renewed vision
Personalisation is based in a human rights perspective on health and social care (Chetty, Dalrymple & Simmons, 2012). Yet there is no reason why it cannot be closely connected with the need of statutory bodies to rethink their role and modes of operation. A renewed vision for commissioning might identify the importance of:
• increasing community capacity and economic development
• strengthening the focus on the local and encouraging citizen action • creating the architecture that citizens and communities can use.
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