We received an excellent response to our blog post on personal health budgets, the poor media reporting of these budgets and what they may mean for health services in our area. Thank you to everyone who took the time to read the blog post and share it.
We have now put in freedom of information requests with all six Clinical Commissioning Groups responsible for our end of South-West London/Surrey.
These are the questions they have been asked:
1. How many patients in the CCGs which come under SWLCC's administration are on personal healthcare budgets?
2. What is the average amount spent per patient on these budgets?
3. Can you provide a demographic breakdown of who uses these budgets?
4. Without naming patients, is there information available on what sort of treatments these budgets are funding?
5. What happens to a patient if their personal budget runs out and their health has not improved?
The six CCGs have 20 working days to respond to the FOI request. As such, we will report back on September 29 on any responses we have received.
Just to confirm we have received your FOI and will respond within the timeframe. Thanks very much. NHS Wandsworth CCG.
ReplyDeleteThank you very much. We look forward to receiving the response.
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