Personal health budget

A personal health budget is an amount of NHS money used to meet your child's health and wellbeing Emotional & Physical Wellbeing One of the eight Assembly Dimensions. It covers how your child feels about themselves, and how they are doing physically, including sleep and eating. Read the full definition of Emotional & Physical Wellbeing needs in a way you plan together with the NHS team. It can pay for agreed support that standard services do not fit well, and it is planned around what matters to your child rather than around a fixed menu.

Children who receive NHS continuing care Continuing care An NHS package of care for a child whose health needs cannot be met by the usual services. It can include care at home. Read the full definition of Continuing care have a legal right to have one, and families of children with an EHC plan EHCP A legal document, used in England, that sets out a child's needs and the support they must get. It is for children who need more help than their school can give on its own. Read the full definition of EHCP can ask about one too. If you think this could help, ask your child's NHS team or your local integrated care board how personal health budgets work in your area.