Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what role private sector companies have on shadow ICS boards.

Integrated care boards (ICBs) will be National Health Service bodies, bringing in representatives from a range of other bodies including NHS commissioners and NHS providers. ICBs will, as a minimum, include a chair, chief executive officer and representatives from NHS trusts, general practice and local authorities. Local areas will have the flexibility to determine any further representation on the board. This would be subject to local agreement and approval by NHS England. ICBs will be required to have clear and robust arrangements to declare and manage potential conflicts of interest.