Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Integration and Innovation: working together to improve health and social care for all White Paper, published on 11 February 2021, whether ICS Health and Care Partnerships will not be able to include private sector organisations.

The statutory Integrated Care Systems (ICS) National Health Service Boards will not include private providers among the core members set out in statute. Local areas may choose to involve a range of providers, including from the voluntary and independent sector, in their ICS Health and Care Partnerships.