Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that integrated care systems are democratically accountable.

Integrated care boards (ICBs) will be democratically accountable for National Health Service spend and outcomes via NHS England to the Government and ultimately to Parliament.   Both ICBs and integrated care partnerships (ICPs) will work to create a culture of ‘mutual accountability’ between partner organisations in healthcare, public health and social care, working closely with local government.