Posted on: 9 January 2023
West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board response to the Hewitt Review (9 January 2023)
This is our formal response to the call for evidence for the Rt Hon Patricia Hewitt Review into the autonomy and accountability of Integrated Care Systems (ICSs). We welcome the Review and the continued commitment to co-production of national policy with system leaders.
The response and examples we have provided in our evidence submission are based on six years of collaborative working in our West Yorkshire Health and Care Partnership. This includes having system strategic plan since 2019/20 informed by five place-based Health and Wellbeing Board plans, and delivering plans across NHS organisations, Local Authorities and the voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) sector for a diverse population of 2.4 million people across five ‘places’ (Bradford District and Craven, Calderdale, Kirklees, Leeds and Wakefield District).