Source · Select Committees · Health and Social Care Committee
Recommendation 17
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Accepted
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Empowering MPs to directly hold local ICSs accountable requires transparent performance data.
Recommendation
Members of Parliament should be supported to directly hold their local ICSs to account for the service they provide to constituents, without having to rely on an assessment provided by local health and care leaders. We believe this is an integral 26 Integrated Care Systems: autonomy and accountability part of the role of an MP. We therefore welcome the Secretary of State’s desire to empower parliamentary colleagues to hold their local ICSs to account through transparency on ICB performance data.
Government response summary AI-generated
The government supports increased transparency for MPs to hold ICSs to account, committing to publishing more performance data, including practice-level appointment data, A&E wait times, and new discharge metrics. They are also working with Oflog to include discharge metrics in local authority performance assessments.
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Government Response
The government responded to this report on 14 June 2023. No passage in that response could be matched to this conclusion. Read the response document ↗