Personal Health Budget Support for Families
Practical help when you need someone to work through your individual circumstances with you
Managing a Personal Health Budget or Direct Payment can give your family greater choice and control over care.
But when something isn't working, it can be difficult to know what to do next.
Your care agency may be struggling to provide your package. You might be considering moving to a
Direct Payment. You may already employ your own care team but be struggling with recruitment, pay, your budget or an upcoming review.
Or you may have a particular problem that you need help working through.
Thrive provides practical, individual support when you need someone to help you work through a specific problem with your Personal Health Budget, Direct Payment or complex care arrangement.
When might you need individual support?
You might already understand the basics but need practical help with your own circumstances.
This could include:
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Reviewing your existing care arrangements or PHB documents
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Working through your PHB budget and care costs
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Preparing for a PHB or Continuing Care review
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Preparing for meetings with NHS teams
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Reviewing correspondence or decisions you've received
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Recruitment and retention of Personal Assistants
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PA pay and employment costs
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Becoming an employer
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Developing or reviewing a care and support plan
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Problems with an existing Direct Payment
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Exploring alternatives when agency care isn't working
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Planning a move from agency care to Direct Payments
You don't need to know exactly what support you need before contacting us.
Support based on real experience
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I'm Ed Kemp, founder of Thrive Care Solutions.
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For more than a decade, my family has managed complex paediatric care at home through a Personal Health Budget.
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I've experienced agency care, moved to Direct Payments, recruited and employed our own care team and dealt with many of the practical challenges that come with managing complex care.
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That lived experience now sits alongside Thrive's wider work supporting Personal Health Budget and Direct Payment delivery.
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I don't believe Direct Payments are right for every family.
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The aim is to understand what's happening in your particular circumstances and, where we can help, work with you to develop something that is practical, safe and sustainable.
