Personal Health Budgets (PHBs) are a key deliverable in the NHS Long Term Plan, requiring a major expansion in the offer and delivery of PHBs where the evidence indicates people would benefit.
The Long Term Plan aims to accelerate the roll out of PHBs, with up to 200,000 people benefiting from a PHB by 2023/24 - including the provision of bespoke wheelchairs and domiciliary care.
We deliver a flexible PHB service designed to meet your exact requirements, from full end-to-end support to modular provision which dovetails with your existing in-house resource, importantly we have the experience, processes and capacity to enable the effective delivery of PHBs for your local population.
We bring:
PHB Consultancy Services
Our consultancy service provides expert guidance and practical assistance that ensures your PHB service meets national requirements, is responsive to the individual and the population; and is cost effective.
- We will support your QIPP programme ensuring maximum benefit to your patients whilst providing value for money.
- Our four stage model spans strategy, operational delivery, facilitation and implementation.
- Our experienced team will conduct a full review of your current PHB systems and processes against national requirements.
- Working in partnership with Imosphere we deliver a personalised care pathway and patient centred approach to PHBs, combining a market leading cloud-based solution with our suite of ratified toolkits and templates.
- Our approach enables clients to track individual and population outcomes and measure performance and improvement.
Additional Services
We also provide bespoke packages of support and services for all your individual needs.
- Digital PHBs, Analytics and Reporting
- We provide a digital solution for the delivery of PHB’s by providing pre-set assessment tools for data extraction and historical and predictive analysis to make informed decisions around funding and resource allocation.
- We provide a digital solution for the delivery of PHB’s by providing pre-set assessment tools for data extraction and historical and predictive analysis to make informed decisions around funding and resource allocation.
- PHB Diagnostics
- Our diagnostics service provides a full operational review of your systems and processes against national requirements and your service objectives.
- Our diagnostics service provides a full operational review of your systems and processes against national requirements and your service objectives.
- Specialist PHB training
- We provide market leading training that delivers both insight and knowledge transfer. Our experts provide training in three areas:
- Planning for PHBs
- Philosophy of PHBs
- Bespoke training.
- We provide market leading training that delivers both insight and knowledge transfer. Our experts provide training in three areas:
- Financial Monitoring
- We will provide an accurate and efficient financial service to manage direct and third party payment budgets. We will provide proportionate and transparent monitoring to ensure that CCG money is being used appropriately to meet the person’s health and wellbeing needs and manage financial risk associated with PHB, in a way that is flexible to the needs of the person and the ICB.
- We will provide an accurate and efficient financial service to manage direct and third party payment budgets. We will provide proportionate and transparent monitoring to ensure that CCG money is being used appropriately to meet the person’s health and wellbeing needs and manage financial risk associated with PHB, in a way that is flexible to the needs of the person and the ICB.
- PHB service delivery
- We can host your entire end-to-end PHB service with local variations that meet your exact needs, to deliver a high quality, effective PHB service for your population.
- We can host your entire end-to-end PHB service with local variations that meet your exact needs, to deliver a high quality, effective PHB service for your population.
Benefits:
We have extensive experience and the practical knowledge to deliver effective PHB solutions which offer greater patient choice, improved care and better value for money.
We help you to develop flexible and responsive services designed around individual needs, transforming the patient experience with the potential to significantly improve individual health and wellbeing outcomes.
RELEVANT READING
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Co-developing and implementing a frailty strategy for Lincolnshire Integrated Care System
Arden & GEM’s Clinical Support team worked closely with ICB colleagues to bring together a wide range of stakeholders from across health and social care to co-develop a frailty strategy for Lincolnshire.
Developing a harmonised Section 117 aftercare policy for Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Two experienced, registered mental health nurses from Arden & GEM’s Clinical Support team led a process of stakeholder engagement and policy development to put in place a harmonised Section 117 aftercare policy across the Black Country health and care system, which underpins clinical practice and ensures service users are offered access to support which meet their needs.
Specialist training for health and justice services on NHS continuing healthcare and fast-track referrals
Arden & GEM’s clinical support team was engaged to design and deliver a specialist training programme to provide prison healthcare staff with a clearer understanding of NHS continuing healthcare and increased knowledge of the decision-making processes.
Implementing a Population Health Management methodology across Lincolnshire Integrated Care System
Arden & GEM’s clinical support team has provided expertise and experience in project management, business management and clinical engagement to help the Lincolnshire ICS Population Health Management programme achieve its vision and goals, implementing a whole system approach to intelligence-led decision making.
Improving efficiency of the prior approval requests process through better use of Blueteq
NHS Lincolnshire Integrated Care Board (ICB) engaged NHS Arden & GEM’s Clinical Support team to undertake a project which would streamline their prior approval request process, improve visibility of requests and maintain ongoing assurance.
Improving reporting process efficiencies for the NHS England Midlands Region specialised commissioning pharmacy team
The NHS England Midlands Region specialised commissioning pharmacy team agreed a package of support with Arden & GEM that would see the CSU’s medicines optimisation team provide additional capacity and capability in invoice validation, drugs challenges, contract meetings and commissioning query response.
Accessing post-registration training: a regional survey
The findings from our pilot study, commissioned by Health Education England, to explore potential inconsistencies in training across different pharmacy sectors in the Midlands and East of England have been published in the Pharmaceutical Journal.
Understanding the complexity and acuity of a female acute mental health ward
When Lincolnshire Partnership Foundation NHS Trust wanted to better understand the complexity and acuity of its female acute mental health ward, Arden & GEM’s Clinical Support team was tasked with undertaking a ‘discovery’ project.
Providing pharmacy expertise and capacity to Primary Care Networks and GP practices
When Clarendon Lodge Medical Centre and Dene and Stour Valleys PCN needed a period of fixed term pharmacy support, Arden & GEM’s medicines optimisation service was able to provide experienced professionals to deliver tailored support.
Integrating community pharmacy to deliver better patient care across the East of England
Working in partnership with NHS England’s East of England regional team, system partners, community pharmacies and Local Pharmaceutical Committees, Arden & GEM developed a community pharmacy strategy for the region.
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