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