Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 52516

Integrated Care Boards

Tabled: 14 May 2025
Answered: 21 May 2025
Named Day

Question

Freddie van Mierlo

Liberal DemocratHenley and Thame

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what criteria his Department has used to determine which integrated care boards should merge.

Answer

Karin Smyth
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 their structure, with the expectation of achieving a 50% cost reducti...

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