This presentation is about the milestone the NHS achieved here in the UK on 1st July 2022 on its roadmap to provide Integrated Care at a local level, nationally in the UK. Mark Da Rocha is a Healthcare Projects specialist working in the NHS in the UK.

1. The Pathway towards an
Integrated Care System

2. The benefits of all these changes that have taken place:
It brings the NHS brand to the fore, less mixed messages.
It allows monies to be pooled efficiently at a local level.
It removes competition between providers and
encourages collaboration.
It bring health and social care organisations, local
agencies and partners working together towards having
multi disciplinary teams (MDTs) at a local level.
It brings accountability locally, towards better health
outcomes.
For the Patient, it will eventually reduce the frequency of
clinic appointments, rather than spending hours each
week at a clinic.
Provision of better joined up care in the local community.

3. April 2021: All 42 regions in England declared Integrated
Care Systems or ICSs.
April 2022:The Health and Care Act 2022 passed as law,
confirming ICSs as legal entities.
1st July 2022: Each ICS has formed an Integrated Care
Board, now a legal entity, enabling the NHS brand to come
to the forefront, in each region nationally in the UK.

4. What are the key components of an Integrated Care
System also known as ICS?
The Integrated Care Partnership or ICP: The ICP is a legal
committee formed between the NHS Integrated Care
Board (ICB) and all local authorities within the ICS
region. The ICP will be the glue that bring together a
range of partners who are passionate about improving
the care, health and wellbeing of the local population, and
membership derived locally. The ICP has the
responsibility for creating an integrated care strategy to
meet the health and wellbeing needs of the local
population in the ICS region.

5. What are the key components of an Integrated Care
System also known as ICS?
Integrated Care Board or ICB: The ICB is a statutory NHS
organisation mandated for developing a plan for meeting
the health needs of the population, managing the NHS
budget and providing health services in the ICS region.
The formation of the ICBs signalled the end of Clinical
Commissioning Groups or CCGs

6. What are the key components of an Integrated Care
System also known as ICS?
Local Authorities: Within the ICS region are responsible
for the social and public health functions, as well as other
vital services for local people and businesses.

7. What are the key components of an Integrated Care
System also known as ICS?
Place Based Partnerships: Within the ICS region place-
based partnerships will lead the detailed design and
delivery of integrated services across their localities and
neighbourhoods. These partnerships will include the
NHS, local councils, the community, voluntary
organisations, various community services, local
residents, people who use the local services, their carers
and representatives and other community partners, with
the aim of supporting the health and wellbeing of the
local population.

8. What are the key components of an Integrated Care
System also known as ICS?
Provider Collaboratives: Will be the glue that bring
providers together to achieve and leverage the benefits of
working at scale across multiple districts or regions and
perhaps across one or more ICSs, towards better quality,
efficiency and outcomes. In parallel reducing
unwarranted variation, inequity of access and experience
across different providers.

9. What is the aim and the purpose of Integrated Care
Systems or ICSs?
The purpose of ICSs is to bring partner organisations
together to:
Better the outcomes in population health and healthcare
Address inequalities in outcomes
Reduce inequity of access
Further productivity and value for money
Support the NHS towards broader social and economic
development.

10. What is the aim and the purpose of Integrated Care
Systems or ICSs?
Collaboration as ICSs will support health and care
organisations tackle complex challenges such as:
Providing better health to children and young people
Supporting people to stay well and independent
Proactively help those with preventable conditions
Supporting those with long-term conditions or mental
health issues
Caring for those with multiple needs as population ages
Extracting the best from collective resources, enabling
people to get care as quickly as possible.

11. T H A N K Y O U !
Mark Da Rocha is a
Healthcare projects Specialist in the UK
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