West Yorkshire Health Integrated Care Board Meets in Public

Posted on: 13 March 2023

The NHS West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board (ICB) will meet in public for the fifth time on Tuesday 21 March at Normanton Golf Club in Wakefield at 10.30am

The Board is part of the legislation set out in the Health and Care Act 2022, which came into force on the 1 July 2022. It focuses on improving outcomes for people by addressing health inequalities, the difference in care received and effective use of budgets across the area. It is part of West Yorkshire Health and Care Partnership (WY HCP), an integrated care system.  

The board’s role includes agreeing a plan for health and care services in West Yorkshire that delivers the five-year strategy. Most decisions about circa £5billion budget and the services delivered locally are made in the five local places of West Yorkshire, via its strong local place partnerships in Bradford District and Craven, Calderdale, Kirklees, Leeds, and Wakefield District. 

The board also works alongside care provider collaboratives, such as The West Yorkshire Association of Acute Trusts, the Mental Health, Learning Disability and Autism Collaborative, Community Care Collaborative and hospices working together.  The board has an independent chair, Cathy Elliott.  Its Chief Executive is Rob Webster CBE.  

The meeting on the 21 March will include an update report from Cathy and Rob, as well as items on the sustainability of the voluntary, community and social enterprise sector, and commissioning responsibilities for pharmaceutical, general ophthalmic and dental services.

People are asked to contact westyorkshire.ics@nhs.net before Monday 20 March at 9am if they would like to attend or submit questions about items on the agenda. They can also call 01924 317659 to submit questions or to book their place to attend.  

View or download the meeting agenda, papers, or watch the meeting live online on the day.

Notes

  • West Yorkshire Health and Care Partnership (WY HCP) is a large integrated care system (ICS) that supports 2.4 million people, living in urban and rural areas. 770,000 are children and young people. 530,000 people live in areas ranked as the poorest 10% of England. 20% of people are from minority ethnic communities. There are an estimated 400,000 unpaid carers, as many don’t access support. Together we employ over 100,000 staff and work alongside thousands of volunteers. The NHS West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board and the Partnership Board are part of the Partnership.  
  • Come and work with us. We are recruiting to all roles across health and care in West Yorkshire, and you don’t have to be a doctor or nurse. We are recruiting for call handlers, social care support workers, nursing and residential care staff, home care colleagues and peer support workers – to name a few. You can find out more on NHS Jobs and local council websites. 
  • For more information about NHS West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board visitwww.westyorkshire.icb.nhs.uk  

Contact details 

For media enquiries please contact West Yorkshire Health and Care Partnership via email at westyorkshire.ics@nhs.net 

What are integrated care systems? 

Integrated Care Systems (ICSs) are partnerships of organisations that come together to plan and deliver joined up health and care services, and to improve the lives of people who live and work in their area.  

Following several years of locally led development, recommendations of NHS England and NHS Improvement and Royal Assent of the Health and Care Act (2022), 42 ICSs were established across England on a statutory basis on 1 July 2022.  

Each ICS includes: 

  • An Integrated Care Partnership (ICP) - a statutory committee jointly formed between the NHS Integrated Care Board and all upper-tier local authorities that fall within the ICS area. The ICP will bring together a broad alliance of partners concerned with improving the care, health and wellbeing of the population, with membership determined locally. The ICP is responsible for producing an integrated care strategy on how to meet the health and wellbeing needs of the population in the ICS area. In West Yorkshire this is called the Partnership Board. 
  • The Integrated Care Board (ICB) - a statutory NHS organisation responsible for developing a plan for meeting the health needs of the population, managing the NHS budget, and arranging for the provision of health services in the ICS area. When ICBs were legally established on the 1 July, clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) were abolished. 

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