Cash in hand

Author:
JAMES Adam
Journal article citation:
Mental Health Today, November 2008, pp.14-16.
Publisher:
Pavilion
Place of publication:
Hove

Mental health individual budget pilots are taking place in the local authorities of Barnsley, Oldham, Lincolnshire and Norfolk. The author reports on some of the outcomes. Initial evidence has found that people are moving away from traditional services and instead hiring personal assistants to accompany them to do what they want.

Subject terms:
mental health problems, personal budgets, severe mental health problems, direct payments;
Location(s):
England
Link:
Journal home page
ISSN print:
1474-5186

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