Integrated Care Board (ICB)

Our responsibilities

The Integrated Care Board is responsible for planning the delivery of NHS services to achieve the aims of the strategy to improve the health of the population, including deciding how resources are allocated.

The Integrated Care Board initially takes on the work of the Clinical Commissioning Group which is being dissolved and some additional duties as set out in the Health and Care Act 2022. The main areas of work of the Integrated Care Board are:

  • developing a plan for the delivery of NHS services
  • allocating resources
  • establishing joint working arrangements
  • establishing system governance
  • arranging health service provision
  • using data and digital to improve services
  • emergency preparedness, resilience and response
  • delegated functions from NHS England and NHS Improvement
  • people priorities
  • data and digital
  • achieving social and economic development and sustainability goals
  • maximising value for money

Read more about the Integrated Care Board, our responsibilities and about the Health and Care Partnership by reading our Welcome Pack (PDF) (July 2022).