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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...