In this discussion three people involved in implementing Personal Health Budgets, or PHBs, explain what they’re going to mean for healthcare in Englan...
How Personal Health Budgets work
In this discussion practitioners tell us how Personal Health Budgets, or PHBs, will be rolled out. The movement towards personalisation started in the...
Case study 4: Motor Neurone Disease
In this case study we hear from Martin Harrison who was diagnosed with motor neurone disease in 2004. He lives in Thornaby-on-Tees in North Yorkshire ...
Case study 3: Schizophrenia
In this case study we hear from Andrew Voice. He has schizophrenia and spent 20 years in and out of asylums before finding a place to live independent...
Case study 2: Duchenne’s Muscular Dystrophy
In this case study we hear from Mathew O’Sullivan. He’s 25 years old and has a form of muscular dystrophy called Duchenne’s. He lives near Reading wit...
Case study 1: Alzheimer's Disease
In this case study we hear from Jonathan Fitzpatrick. He was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s in his 50s. Now 68 after a short spell in a care home he lives...