Personal budgets in social care: the challenge of scaling up

Abstract

Personal budgets are part of the Putting People First agenda in England and are at the heart of the biggest change in social care for decades. This article discusses the rationale and evidence base behind their introduction and focuses on the challenges to moving from small scale pilots to nationwide implementation.

Citation

Routledge, M. and Porter, Z. (2008), "Personal budgets in social care: the challenge of scaling up", Tizard Learning Disability Review, Vol. 13 No. 3, pp. 16-22. https://doi.org/10.1108/13595474200800024