Implementation of integrated Personal Budgets - a review of attitudes

Andrea Sutcliffe Chief Executive

Social Care Institute for Excellence25 September 2013

Focus of work

Engage leadership of health and social care organisations and citizen leaders to ......

Promote integration through use of personal health and social care budgets

16 interviews with key personnel across health & social care

What were their views on the challenges and opportunities of personal budget integration

Headlines from survey

Majority were positive about potential of integration of personal health and social care budgets, but...

Clear message that for colleagues, particularly in health, personal budgets may not be a priority

Main challenges Cultural obstacles Crowded agenda Major organisational change

Headlines from survey cont.

Queries around: financial infrastructures monitoring processes wider budget implications procedural issues impact

Headlines from survey cont.

Resources that may help: myth busters good stories tailored information about professional

roles

• Much of the material already exists from NHS England, TLAP, TEASC, Kings Fund & others.

Next steps

Consider how to galvanise the leadership community

Review existing materials What can we do differently?

Feed into Personalisation Summit Action Plan