Personalisation: Councils get £30m to boost IT and user advice

29 March 2010

Councils are being give £30m to fund IT improvements and improved information services to help transform adult care in line with personalisation in 2010-11.

The money was allocated to the Department of Health in 2007 "to help councils meet part of the capital requirements" to bring about personalisation, but in guidance issued by the DH spelt out how the funding, which is not ring fenced, could be used.