Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask His Majesty's Government what guidance they have issued to Integrated Care Boards on the allocation of resources towards prevention, primary care, and community services.

NHS England is responsible for determining allocations of financial resources to integrated care boards (ICBs). NHS England’s allocations policy aims to support equal opportunity of access for equal need, as well as NHS England’s duties to reduce health inequalities that are amenable to healthcare.

The Medium Term Planning Framework sets out the priority deliverables and the reform opportunities that ICBs and providers need to deliver for the next three years and the broader strategic aims that will need to be reflected in five year plans developed by each organisation. This includes expectations on prevention, and on neighbourhood health, including primary and community care. Further guidance on neighbourhood health has also been set out in the subsequent Neighbourhood health framework.