Integrated Care Boards: Rural Areas
Commons · Question 64215 · Tabled 1 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 9 Jul 2025
Question
Asked by Blake Stephenson
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department plans to take to ensure that ICBs effectively represent small and rural communities, in the context of the re-organisation of ICBs.
Answer
Answered by Karin Smyth, 9 Jul 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 the health and care structure. ICBs are responsible for commissioning ...