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Published: Tuesday, 17 September 2013 07:59

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Denplan has sponsored a report entitled ‘Personal Health Budgets – a revolution in personalisation’ to find out what the impact of this would be for the public as well as the medical profession as a whole. Roger Matthews, Denplan’s Chief Dental Officer says: “PHBs put decisions about healthcare management into the hands of the patient, with appropriate oversight and controls. We have supported this report as it questions the basis for addressing health funding generally.”

Following the Government’s decision to roll out Personal Health Budgets (PHBs), Denplan has sponsored a report undertaken by 2020 Health entitled ‘Personal Health Budgets – a revolution in personalisation’ to find out what the impact of this would be for the public as well as the medical profession as a whole.

Denplan has sponsored this report as it addresses an innovative, patient-centred and potentially highly effective approach to care – exactly the type of approach two dentists took to the provision of dental care, when they founded Denplan in 1986.

PHBs are based around a system whereby an amount of NHS money is given to an individual to help them manage their healthcare and wellbeing needs, instead of having to settle for a package from their GP or council. This report describes how patients make decisions normally made by a GP; what could happen to traditional services and asks whether NHS money should be spent on non-traditional equipment and activities.

Roger Matthews, Denplan’s Chief Dental Officer says: “PHBs put decisions about healthcare management into the hands of the patient, with appropriate oversight and controls. We have supported this report as it questions the basis for addressing health funding generally. It opens the debate about alternative approaches to managing healthcare and the transformational impact that it can have.”

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