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Version: 1.0.0 | Published: 1 Dec 2025 | Updated: 44 days ago

Personal Health Budget

Dataset

Summary

Reference Code:
DAPB2184 Amd 26/2019
Type:
Collections
Applies To:
Integrated Care Boards (ICBs)
Assurance Expiry Date:
26 February 2026
Topics:
  • Care
  • Financial management
Alternate Name:
PHB
Publication Date:
23 March 2023

Contact Point

Collection/Extraction Details

Collection Level:
Aggregate level
Frequency:
Dataset publication or collection occurs every three months.

Documentation

Description:

A Personal Health Budget (PHB) is one way of personalising people's care to ensure they get the care they need. It is an amount of money to support a person's identified health and wellbeing needs, planned and agreed between the person and their local NHS team, or with a partner organisation on behalf of the NHS (such as a local authority).

In December 2019 the legal ‘right to have’ a personal health budget was extended from NHS continuing healthcare, and children and young people’s continuing care to include Section 117 Mental Health Aftercare and people eligible for wheelchair services (Personal Wheelchair Budgets). The data collected will be used to monitor progress against trajectories and the roll out in areas with a legal right.

Review & Status

Scope:
All Clinical Commissioning Groups and successor bodies (Integrated Care Boards).
Technical Committee:
Data Alliance Partnership Board (DAPB)
Mandated:
Yes
Status:
active

Legal Authority 1

Legal Authority:
Section 250 of the Health and Social Care Act 2012
Legal Authority Description:
This standard is published under section 250 of the Health and Social Care Act 2012.

Legal Authority 2

Legal Authority:
Section 259 of the Health and Social Care Act 2012

Legal Authority 3

Legal Authority:
NHS standard contract