Personal health budgets involve a sum of money being allocated to those in receipt of support so that they can have greater control over the care they receive.
Currently, the only people who have a specific right to a personal health budget are adults in receipt of NHS continuing healthcare or children receiving continuing care.
But under plans put out to consultation the government is proposing to extend its reach to include five more groups, including "people of all ages with ongoing mental health needs who make regular and ongoing use of community-based NHS mental health services".
"Given the clear benefits, and given the work the NHS has done to date, we believe there are now a number of other groups who could benefit from this approach," states the government's consultation document.
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