IPC and Personal health budget support and development programme: Learning and next steps

Over a period of two years, National Voices, Volunteering Matters and NAVCA have worked with in nine areas of England to raise awareness of the importance of local voluntary and community organisations in the personalisation of health and care services, particularly their role in enabling people to access and make effective use of Personal Health Budgets (PHBs).

This learning and next steps report is based on input from Clinical Commissioning Groups and voluntary and community sector organisations. The report summarises the experiences of those organisations in collaborating to deliver Personal Health Budgets and proposes next steps to enhance collaboration.

Authors

The report was written by the Voluntary Voices consortium. The consortium comprises three voluntary and community sector organisations; Volunteering Matters; National Voices; and NAVCA. The consortium aims to share the objective of promoting person-centred care and integration across health and social care.

This report was commissioned by the Integrated Personal Commissioning Programme through NHS England. It is a nationally led, locally delivered programme that supports healthcare empowerment and the better integration of services across health, social care and the voluntary and community sector.