Use of personal budgets up by nearly 40 per cent

Use of personal budgets up by nearly 40 per cent:
This means that 52.8 per cent of people eligible for personal budgets are actually using them to arrange their care as at March 2012. According to Sarah Pickup, president of ADASS: “The number of people supported in the community as at March 31 this year was 818,700. This represents a 7.7 per cent fall on the previous year’s figure of 886,939 reflecting the increased use of enablement and other services designed to reduce the need for ongoing support.” NHS Networks