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Gathering the Evidence: Making Personal Budgets Work for All
Personal budgets, now enshrined in the Care Act, are a key mechanism for allowing people to have control and choice over their care and support.
Whilst there is evidence that helps us to understand the experience and outcomes of people receiving personal budgets, more needs to be done to make sure that councils and other organisations routinely capture and act upon the views of people with lived experience and their carers.
The report, Gathering the Evidence: Making Personal Budgets Work for All, published today sets out a way forward for system leaders and government to achieve this, so that we can put people and their experience back at the centre.
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Personal Outcomes Evaluation Tool (POET) 2017
In case you missed it, the latest POET is out. This year it was amended to more closely examine three key area: wellbeing, personal budgets and outcomes.
There were 4,300 responses. Around three quarters of people reported the support they get as good or very good in terms of amount of support received, and choice and control. People were less positive about impact of support on everyday activity like taking part in community and relationships.
Julie Stansfield, Chief Executive, In Control, said:
"Without additional strain on cost or time it is possible for councils to routinely embed POET questions into their review processes. Doing so means they will have systems in place that value the voice of local people. It will also ensure local strategic planning is based on an up to date understanding of what is working well locally and what needs to change. More information about Embedding POET into systems can be found on the In Control website "
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