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Integrated Care Boards: Correspondence

Asked by Rachael MaskellLabour (Co-op)Department of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 23 March 2026UIN 121341

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether there is a mechanism in place for Integrated Care Boards to respond to correspondence from Members of Parliament.

Answered by Karin Smyth

Integrated care boards (ICBs) are statutory bodies as established under the NHS Act 2006 amended by the Health and Care Act 2022. As such they must follow their own internal governance, accountability, and decision-making requirements. How ICBs follow these requirements when replying to correspondence is managed by the ICB.

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