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Integrated Care Boards: Standards

Commons · Question 56909 · Tabled 3 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 16 Jun 2025

Question

Asked by Helen Morgan

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether NHS England has set formal (a) criteria and (b) guidance on the key functions Integrated Care Boards will be expected to provide under the proposed cost envelope.

Answer

Answered by Karin Smyth, 16 Jun 2025

NHS England has asked 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 reduction in their run...