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 improve preventative health through Integrated Care Provider processes.
NHS England launched a 12 week public consultation on the proposed contracting arrangements for integrated care providers (ICPs) on 3 August 2018 which concluded on 26 October. More information is available at the following link:
https://www.engage.england.nhs.uk/consultation/proposed-contracting-arrangements-for-icps/
NHS England will publish a response to the consultation following full consideration of responses and feedback.
The proposed ICP Contract prioritises the long-term health and care outcomes for the population, and seeks to incentivise the prevention of ill health as a vital element in achieving improvement in those outcomes.