title: Personal health budgets: common myths and misconceptions.
abstract: Personal health budgets (PHBs) were introduced at 61 sites across England; 20 of which were evaluated in a report published in November 2012. There has been collective resistance to PHBs and negative reporting in the professional healthcare press. However, there is some early evidence that PHBs are proving to be successful. Nurses in the community are having a pivotal role in their implementation. This article addresses a number of negative and often misleading myths about PHBs that have been publicised in some areas of the professional press.
authors.affiliation: NHS London.
authors.forename: Trish
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Morris-Thompson
authors.forename: Smriti
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: Karen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Scarsbrook
authors.forename: Di
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Marks-Maran
mesh_terms: D002017:Budgets; D004739:England; D005376:Financial Management; D005382:Financing, Personal; D009426:Netherlands; D012935:Social Justice