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<p>The Government has committed to publishing a Green Paper on adult social care at
the earliest opportunity, setting out proposals for reform and will bring forward
ideas for including an element of risk pooling in the system, which will help to protect
people from the highest costs. We are committed to ensuring everyone has access to
the care and support they need, based on a principle of shared responsibility.</p><p>One
of the important elements of the dementia fund proposal was greater use of Personal
Health Budgets (PHBs). PHBs are one way to give people with long-term health conditions
and disabilities more choice and control over the money spent on meeting their health
and wellbeing needs. We have committed to exploring possible new rights to have PHBs
to a further five areas across 2019-20 including dementia.</p>
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