Integrated Care Boards

(asked on 10th January 2023) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answers of 12 December 2022 to Question 104279 on Integrated Care Boards: Health Professions, Question 104280 on Integrated Care Boards: Care Workers and Question 104281 on Integrated Care Boards: Public Health, if he will take steps to monitor the (a) compensation and (b) effectiveness of stakeholders on Integrated Care Boards; and if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of including Directors of Public Health on Integrated Care Boards.


Answered by
Helen Whately Portrait
Helen Whately
Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
This question was answered on 18th January 2023

The Health and Care Act 2022 has set the minimum membership requirement of Integrated Care Boards (ICBs). Some local areas have, by local agreement, gone beyond the legislative minimum requirements and appointed Directors of Public Health to ICBs. Currently there are no plans for mandating ICBs to appoint additional compulsory members.

NHS England formally oversees ICBs and has a legal duty to annually assess the performance of each ICB and publish their findings. Care Quality Commission assessments will also provide an independent assurance to public and parliament. Currently there are no plans to monitor compensation and performance of individual board members.

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