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The Your Personal Health Budget Course explains how NHS personal health budgets support greater choice and control over healthcare. Learners explore eligibility, personalised care and support planning, indicative budgets, the three ways budgets can be managed, permitted spending, risk management and potential benefits. It is suitable for individuals receiving support, families, carers and health and social care professionals.
Your Personal Health Budget Course Summary
Course Name: Your Personal Health Budget Course
Duration: 1 Hour
Delivery: Online Training Course
Certificate Included: Instant Digital Certificate
Accreditation: CPD Accredited – 1 CPD Point
Suitable For: Patients, families, carers, healthcare professionals, social care staff, support workers, advocates, care coordinators and commissioners
Assessment: Online Multiple Choice Test
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1 hour
CPD Points
1
Last Updated:
25 Jul 2026
What is Your Personal Health Budget training?
Your Personal Health Budget training provides an introduction to how personal health budgets work and how they can give eligible people greater choice and control over their healthcare and support.
A personal health budget is an amount of NHS money allocated to meet identified health and wellbeing needs. The amount and how it will be used are agreed through personalised care and support planning with the individual and their NHS team.
This course explains key terminology, eligibility, indicative budgets, care planning, risk management and the benefits personal health budgets can provide. Learners also explore notional budgets, third-party budgets and direct payments, alongside what a personal health budget can and cannot fund.
The training supports person-centred practice by helping learners understand how health outcomes, individual preferences, appropriate use of funding and effective risk management come together when planning support.
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Who Is This Course For?
The Your Personal Health Budget Course is suitable for people who receive, manage, support or advise on personal health budgets.
This includes individuals eligible for personal health budgets, family members, unpaid carers, personal assistants and representatives supporting someone with their healthcare arrangements.
It is also relevant to healthcare assistants, nurses, community nurses, doctors, care coordinators, social workers, care workers, support workers, advocates, case managers and professionals involved in NHS Continuing Healthcare or children and young people’s continuing care.
Healthcare and social care managers, commissioners and other professionals involved in personalised care, support planning or coordinating services can also use the course to strengthen their knowledge.
The training is suitable for induction, refresher training, awareness and continuing professional development.
Key Benefits
✓ Understand how personal health budgets work in practice
✓ Recognise who may have a legal right to a personal health budget
✓ Compare notional, third-party and direct payment options
✓ Support effective personalised care and support planning
✓ Recognise appropriate and restricted uses of personal health budgets
✓ Apply person-centred principles while considering benefits and risks
Course Modules
- Your Personal Health Budget – Course Introduction
- Intro to Personal Health Budgets
- Personal Health Budget Definition
- Case Study – Janelle
- Knowledge Check – Personal Health Budget
- Peer Groups
- Creating a Care Plan
- Steps to Creating a Care Plan
- Key Features of a Personal Health Budget
- Better Outcomes
- Benefits of Personal Health Budgets
- Risk Management
- Eligibility
- Who is Eligible?
- Indicative Budget
- Knowledge Check – NHS Continuing Healthcare
- Three Budget Types
- Knowledge Check – Budgets
- What can be Bought?
- What Cannot Be Bought
- National Variations
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Learning Outcomes
| Learner Outcome                                                           | Covered |
|---|---|
| Define what a personal health budget is and how it works | ✓ |
| Explain how personal health budgets give people greater choice and control | ✓ |
| Identify the key features of a personal health budget | ✓ |
| Recognise who may be eligible for a personal health budget | ✓ |
| Explain how a personalised care and support plan is created | ✓ |
| Identify the benefits of using a personal health budget | ✓ |
| Recognise potential risks and how they can be managed | ✓ |
| Explain what an indicative budget means | ✓ |
| Compare the three ways a personal health budget can be managed | ✓ |
| Identify what a personal health budget can be spent on | ✓ |
| Recognise what cannot be purchased using a personal health budget | ✓ |
| Apply personal health budget principles to real-life care situations | ✓ |
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“Clear explanation of personal health budgets and the different ways they can be managed.”
Sarah M
Care Coordinator
“Helped me understand eligibility, care planning and what a personal health budget can actually pay for.”
Daniel R
Support Worker
“Very useful introduction to personalised budgets and supporting people to make informed choices about their care.”
Priya K
Community Nurse
4.90/5 from 60+ learners
Why Is Your Personal Health Budget training important?
Personal health budgets are designed to give people greater involvement in decisions about how their assessed health and wellbeing needs are met. For this approach to work effectively, individuals and the professionals supporting them need to understand the available options, agreed outcomes and responsibilities involved.
Effective training can reduce misunderstandings about eligibility and spending, support appropriate risk management and help ensure funding is used in line with an agreed personalised care and support plan.
For healthcare and social care professionals, this knowledge supports person-centred practice and more informed conversations with individuals, families and carers. It can also help staff explain the differences between notional budgets, third-party arrangements and direct payments.
Ultimately, appropriate use of personal health budgets can support greater choice, flexibility and control while ensuring assessed healthcare needs remain central to decision-making.
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Is Your Personal Health Budget training a legal requirement in the UK?
There is no general UK legal requirement stating that employees or individuals must complete a specific Your Personal Health Budget training course.
However, personal health budgets themselves operate within a statutory and NHS policy framework in England. Certain groups have a legal right to have a personal health budget, including adults receiving NHS Continuing Healthcare, children and young people eligible for continuing care, people eligible for section 117 Mental Health Act aftercare and people eligible for NHS wheelchair services.
Direct payments for healthcare are governed by the National Health Service (Direct Payments) Regulations 2013. NHS organisations and professionals involved in personal health budgets must therefore understand and apply relevant requirements correctly.
Training provides a practical way for organisations and professionals to develop the knowledge needed to support personalised care, appropriate decision-making and effective implementation of personal health budgets.
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Your Personal Health Budget training FAQ?
What is a personal health budget?
A personal health budget is an amount of NHS money allocated to support an individual’s identified health and wellbeing needs. The person, or someone representing them, works with their NHS team to agree their needs, desired outcomes and how the available money will be used through a personalised care and support plan.
Who needs Your Personal Health Budget training?
The training is useful for individuals receiving or considering a personal health budget, families and carers, as well as healthcare and social care professionals. This can include nurses, care coordinators, social workers, support workers, healthcare assistants, advocates, commissioners and anyone supporting personalised care and support planning.
Who has a legal right to a personal health budget?
In England, the legal right applies to specified groups. These include adults receiving NHS Continuing Healthcare, children and young people eligible for continuing care, people eligible for section 117 aftercare under the Mental Health Act and people eligible for NHS wheelchair services. Other people may also be offered personal health budgets depending on local arrangements.
What are the three types of personal health budget?
A personal health budget can be managed as a notional budget, where the NHS holds and spends the money; a third-party budget, where an independent organisation manages it; or a direct payment, where money is transferred so agreed care and support can be purchased directly. A combination of these approaches may also be used.
What can a personal health budget be spent on?
Spending must relate to the individual’s assessed health and wellbeing needs and the outcomes agreed in their personalised care and support plan. Depending on the person’s circumstances and agreed plan, this could include particular care, support, equipment or services. Spending decisions must be agreed with the relevant NHS team.
What cannot a personal health budget be spent on?
A personal health budget cannot simply be spent however the recipient chooses. NHS guidance states that it cannot be used for gambling, debt repayment, alcohol, tobacco or anything illegal. Emergency care, GP care and medicines received through normal NHS arrangements are also separate from the personal health budget.
How long does the Your Personal Health Budget Course take?
The Caredemy Your Personal Health Budget Course takes approximately 1 hour to complete and provides 1 CPD point. It is delivered online, allowing learners to work through the training flexibly. After completing the course and successfully passing the online assessment, learners can access their digital certificate.
How often should personal health budget training be completed?
There is no statutory renewal period specifically requiring Your Personal Health Budget training to be repeated at fixed intervals. Employers should determine refresher requirements according to the learner’s role, responsibilities, local policies and changes to NHS guidance or legislation. Refresher training may also be appropriate when responsibilities for personalised care or budget management change.
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