NHS Humber and North Yorkshire Integrated Care Board (ICB) held its first official meeting today (Friday 1 July 2022). This now sees the ICB as the organisation with responsibility of local NHS functions and budgets for 1.7million people, across a region which includes the cities of Hull and York and the large rural areas across East Yorkshire, North Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire.
The ICB has been established as part of plans set out in the Health and Care Act 2022 to place Integrated Care Systems (ICSs) on a statutory footing, to further empower them to better join up health and care services, improve population health and reduce health inequalities.
The ICB will now be a key part of the Humber and North Yorkshire Health and Care Partnership, which is one of the 42 ICSs across England. Other partners include NHS providers, local authorities, health and care providers and voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) organisations.
Further information regarding Humber and North Yorkshire Health and Care Partnership, and the role of the ICB, can be found here or via the ICS FAQs.