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Integrated Care Boards: Gloucestershire

Commons · Question 98440 · Tabled 9 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 16 Dec 2025

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Asked by Max Wilkinson

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help ensure that smaller systems, such as Gloucestershire, do not lose visibility or influence within larger merged ICBs which include urban centres.

Answer

Answered by Karin Smyth, 16 Dec 2025

Across larger integrated care board (ICB) footprints there will be a renewed focus on the local level as part of our commitment to deliver care closer to home. As outlined in our 10-Year Health Plan, neighbourhood health plans will be created, including f...