Evaluation of the Essex mental health personal budgets pilot: interim report

The original aim of the pilot was to allocate a personal budget to 90 people in North Essex and 90 in South Essex over a nine to 12 month period. However, progress has been condiderably slower than hoped, although take up of personal budgets is now increasing. MIME has therefore been asked to produce this interim report based on the evaluation data it has been possible to collect so far in order to inform decisions about the direction of the evaluation and related work.