Integrated Care Boards: Primary Care

(asked on 9th December 2025) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what mechanisms will ensure accountability for primary care outcomes within merged ICBs, particularly where decision-making is centralised elsewhere.


Answered by
Karin Smyth Portrait
Karin Smyth
Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
This question was answered on 16th December 2025

The NHS Oversight Framework will continue to provide the approach to assessing integrated care boards, including in relation to primary care.

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