Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 61086
NHS: Managers
Tabled: 18 June 2025
Answered: 27 June 2025
Question
John Whitby
Labour — Derbyshire Dales
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of moving non-clinical service delivery decision-making from managers to (a) consultants and (b) specialist doctors.
Answer
Karin SmythIntegrated care boards (ICBs) are the strategic commissioners of health and care services in England. NHS England has asked the ICBs to reduce the duplication of functions, to achieve efficiencies and reduce their running costs, with the aim to direct the...
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