Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 18442

Integrated Care Boards: Accident and Emergency Departments

Tabled: 13 July 2026
Answered: 17 July 2026

Question

Mr Will Forster

Liberal DemocratWoking

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what oversight is NHS England exercising over ICBs whose conversion rates fall significantly below the national average.

Answer

Stephen Kinnock
We have interpreted ‘conversion rates’ as referring to the proportion of individuals found eligible for NHS Continuing Healthcare (CHC) by integrated care boards (ICBs), following the receipt of a positive CHC gateway ‘checklist’ or through another form o...

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