Skip to main content

Publication, Part of

Personal Health Budgets: Quarter 1 2024-25

Publication Date:
15 Aug 2024
Geographic Coverage:
England
Geographical Granularity:
Clinical Commissioning Groups, Integrated Care Boards
Date Range:
01 Apr 2024 to 30 Jun 2024

NHS Somerset ICB

During the data quality checks for Q2 2024-25 an error was identified with the Personal health budgets started in Quarter figure for Q1 2024-25. 

This has been corrected within both the Excel and the CSV data files and they have been reuploaded.

14 November 2024 09:30 AM

Page contents

Summary

This publication provides Management Information (MI) for Integrated Care Boards (ICB) in England who submitted data on Personal Health Budgets (PHB) for Quarter 1 2024-25 (April - June 2024).

By the end of Quarter 1 2024-25 (June 2024) 99,882 people had received Personal Health Budgets in England.

Key Facts

99,882 people received Personal Health Budgets

84,369 adults and 15,513 children and young people received Personal Health Budgets by the end of Quarter 1 2024-25.

17,765 adults with a Personal Health Budget were eligible for Continuing Healthcare (CHC)

NHS Continuing Healthcare (NHS CHC) is a package of care for adults aged 18 or over which is arranged and funded solely by the NHS.

19% of Personal Health Budgets were delivered as direct payments

77% of Personal Health Budgets were delivered as notional budgets, and 3% as third party budgets.

A notional budget is where the NHS arranges and pays for the care; a direct payment is where the individual receives payment to buy care and support, and arranges it themselves; and a third party budget is where another organisation receives the payment and arranges the care.

Last edited: 4 November 2024 2:31 pm