I have tried to embrace the personalisation agenda. Really, client-choice is wonderful. I welcomed Direct Payments and saw a few through to the finish although always keen to emphasise the difficulties as they arose. Basically, the idea of giving the users of services the power and control to purchase services directly is a good one. [...]

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Posted 23 Feb 2010 7:29 AM by Fighting Monsters | Report Abuse

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