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Integrated Care Boards: Reform

Asked by Clive JonesLiberal DemocratDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 21 March 2025UIN 38496

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of reforming integrated care boards.

Answered by Karin Smyth

The Department has not taken any recent assessment to reform integrated care boards (ICBs). As part of the necessary changes to support the National Health Service to recover, NHS England has indicated that ICBs should reduce in size. The Government is supportive of NHS England taking the action needed to get the NHS back on its feet.

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