There has been a lot of discussion about personal health budgets and the publication Personal Health Budgets: First Steps, available from the Department of Health will be of interest to you who have been following those debates. Two areas that might be relevant to kidney care are personal budgets for transport for haemodialysis and possibly in personal budgets to facilitate dialysis away from the base unit for holiday, work or other personal reasons.
If you are interested in participating you can email personalhealthbudgets@dh.gsi.gov.uk
