NHS: Managers
Commons · Question 61086 · Tabled 18 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 27 Jun 2025
Question
Asked by John Whitby
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of moving non-clinical service delivery decision-making from managers to (a) consultants and (b) specialist doctors.
Answer
Answered by Karin Smyth, 27 Jun 2025
Integrated care boards (ICBs) are the strategic commissioners of health and care services in England. NHS England has asked the ICBs to reduce the duplication of functions, to achieve efficiencies and reduce their running costs, with the aim to direct the...