Taking The Controls

摘要

These are the words of Mick Benford, 53, who was left paralysed after a motorbike accident when he was 28. By a stroke of luck, coming under the remit of Northamptonshire CC has meant he gets a personal budget. He lives at home, buys in the care he needs, and considers himself a 'regular guy.' He recalls his three years at the council's residential institution as being like a 'life sentence.' Northamptonshire CC has been piloting personal budgets for three years and, so far, the system is proving to be 5% cheaper than the previous arrangement. The council is aiming to have 1,000 people on self-directed support within seven months.