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The article presents the principles that underlie the personal health budget pilot program of the Department of Health in Great Britain. These includes the need to inform patient on the size of the budget before the support or care planning stage. It notes that patients are encourage to play an important role in the planning process of care. It mentions allowing patient to choose how they manage their personal health budget.

The article discusses the report which focuses on the effects of the Care Bill in Great Britain. It reveals that spending on social care services for elderly has dropped by 769 million British pounds since 2010. Topics discussed include concerns on funding cuts, its impact on orders placed for specialist equipment such as wheelchairs and that older people deemed in "moderate" need are more likely to be affected by the cuts than those in "critical" and "substantial" need.

The article reports on efforts that three primary medical care trusts in England are making in 201 to investigate and pilot personal health budget initiatives. The work that National Health Service (NHS) Bedfordshire is doing with budgets for stroke and Parkinson's disease, NHS Norfolk is doing with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and NHS Mid-Essex is doing with dementia, is discussed. The impact that personal health budgets may have on British patients is examined.

The article addresses the need for voluntary sector organisations to work closely together with equipment services to provide quality and prompt service for people requiring equipment. The author suggests raising the awareness of the National Association of Equipment Providers (NAEP) within the voluntary sector. She recommends getting to know and supporting local charities involved in providing equipment, including the Royal British Legion, Disabled Living Foundation, and British Red Cross.

The article focuses on the Better Care Fund, effective 2015 to 2016, which is a pooled budget of 3.8 billion British pounds of funding for health and social care services in Great Britain including Carers' Breaks, clinical commissioning group re-ablement, and Disabled Facilities Grant.

The article focuses on the advantage of the Personal Health Budgets of the Department of Health in Great Britain in 2013. According to Ray Hodgkinson of the British Healthcare Trades Association (BHTA), Personal Health Budgets can entail better value for money to the National Health Service (NHS) if people are less to be dependent on hospitals. He adds that they are pleased that the Department of Health acknowledges that the benefits of the programme are for people with the highest needs.