Children: Protection
Commons · Question 68900 · Tabled 17 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 23 Jul 2025
Question
Asked by Edward Morello
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to ensure ongoing compliance with statutory safeguarding duties if designated safeguarding professionals are removed from Integrated Care Boards.
Answer
Answered by Karin Smyth, 23 Jul 2025
Ministers and the Department are working with the new transformation team at the top of NHS England, led by Sir Jim Mackey, to ensure that integrated care boards (ICBs) continue to fulfil their functions effectively within the running costs cap, and we ex...