Integrated Care Boards
Commons · Question 52516 · Tabled 14 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 21 May 2025
Question
Asked by Freddie van Mierlo
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what criteria his Department has used to determine which integrated care boards should merge.
Answer
Answered by Karin Smyth, 21 May 2025
NHS England has asked the integrated care boards (ICBs) to act primarily as strategic commissioners of health and care services, and to reduce the duplication of responsibilities within their structure, with the expectation of achieving a 50% cost reducti...