Integrated Care Systems

(asked on 5th March 2019) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he expects NHS England's response to the consultation on contracting arrangements for Integrated Care Providers to be published; if he will make it his policy that no such contracts will be entered into until (a) that response has been published and (b) the House of Commons has had an opportunity to annul or approve any regulations relating to those contracting arrangements; and if he will make a statement.


Answered by
Stephen Hammond Portrait
Stephen Hammond
This question was answered on 12th March 2019

NHS England consulted on proposed contracting arrangements for Integrated Care Providers (ICP) between August and October 2018, and is finalising its response to the consultation. NHS England will publish its response in due course. No contracts will be entered into before the response has been published. Any award of the contract will be subject to successful completion of the Integrated Support and Assurance Process (ISAP).

On 13 February, the Department laid The Amendments Relating to the Provision of Integrated Care Regulations 2019. The instrument makes changes to regulations which are considered necessary to support the introduction of proposed new contractual arrangements for the provision of integrated health and care services under an ICP contract. The instrument is subject to the negative resolution procedure.

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