Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take to steps to introduce a Care Quality Commission rating for Integrated Care Boards; and what assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing those ratings for those boards.
The Care Quality Commission will conduct reviews and assessments of Integrated Care Systems in accordance with its new duties under the Health and Care Act 2022. Integrated Care Boards are part of Integrated Care Systems, so their activity will be considered as part of these reviews.