F1Part 6AStanding rules: personal health budgets

Interpretation32A.

(1)

In this Part—

“Continuing Care for Children” means that part of a package of care which is arranged and funded by a relevant body for a person aged 17 or under to meet needs which have arisen as a result of disability, accident or illness;

“eligible person” means a person for whom a relevant body considers it necessary to arrange the provision of a relevant health service;

“NHS Continuing Healthcare” means a package of care arranged and funded solely by the health service in England for a person aged 18 or over to meet physical or mental health needs which have arisen as a result of disability, accident or illness;

“personal health budget” means an amount of money—

(a)

which is identified by a relevant body as appropriate for the purpose of securing the provision to a person of F2all or part of a relevant health service; and

(b)

the application of which is planned and agreed between the relevant body and the eligible person or their representative; and

“relevant health service” means—

(a)

Continuing Care for Children; F3...

(b)

NHS Continuing HealthcareF4;

(c)

F5Section 117 Aftercare; or

(d)

Wheelchair Services.

F6“Section 117 After-care” means that part of a package of care which is arranged and funded by a relevant body for a person to whom section 117(1) of the 1983 Act applies; and

F6“Wheelchair Services” means services which are arranged and funded by a relevant body for a person with a medically recognised long term disability who for their health and wellbeing requires a wheelchair or specialist buggy to carry out normal day-to-day activities.

(2)

References in this Part to an eligible person’s representative are to such persons whom, in the opinion of the relevant body, it is appropriate to consult about, and involve in, decisions about the provision of a relevant health service to the eligible person by means of a personal health budget.