Integrated Care Boards: Innovation

(asked on 1st March 2022) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to ensure that Integrated Care Boards have the (a) accountability and (b) resources necessary to effectively promote innovation in the context of the duty to promote innovation in the Health and Care Bill.


Answered by
Maria Caulfield Portrait
Maria Caulfield
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade) (Minister for Women)
This question was answered on 7th March 2022

The Government has tabled amendments in the Committee stage of the Bill to ensure appropriate accountability for innovation. This includes amendments requiring a joint forward plan for integrated care boards (ICB) and partners setting out how the board will promote innovation and requiring an annual report. These will be published and reviewed by NHS England. There are also accountability mechanisms for ICB Chief Executives and Chairs to foster a culture of innovation. The Department will continue to work with the National Health Service and the Accelerated Access Collaborative to ensure that best practice in promoting innovation is communicated to ICBs and support Academic Health Science Networks on adoption.

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