Personal Health Budgets (PHB) are offered to adults receiving support from East London Foundation Trust (ELFT) to help them work towards a mental health recovery goal.
To receive a PHB, the person must be:
The following referral form is for PHB requests facilitating discharge from hospital only. There is an alternative PHB referral form for all other PHB requests for mental health recovery.
A recent DIALOG+ plan is required for the PHB referral. The plan should be edited to only include details relevant to the PHB request as it will be loaded to the referral form. Approval from a ward manager will be required for requests over £250 and the items or services will be purchased by the PHB Implementation Team.
If you like to discuss your PHB referral before submitting it, please contact elft.phb@nhs.net.Any issues submitting your referral, please follow up via email to PHB@corearts.co.uk.
Is there a professional in the community assigned to the person you are referring?
The starting point to any PHB request is the recovery goal.
In you answer below please offer the following;
Please be as personalised and detailed as possible to demonstrate the individuals goals and voice in regards to the PHB.
Please upload the DIALOG+ plan
DIALOG+ monitoring
1 – Totally dissatisfied
2 – Very dissatisfied
3 – Fairly dissatisfied
4 – In the middle
5 – Fairly satisfied
6 – Very satisfied
7 – Totally satisfied
If there are more than 3 items related to the PHB you are applying for, please use the item description section above to specify the additional items.
Requests over £250 need approval from an approving ward manager
Please provide the approving ward managers details:
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