Source · Select Committees · Health and Social Care Committee
Recommendation 20
20
Deferred
Paragraph: 63
Need for NHS England to clarify monitoring of partnership working in ICSs
Conclusion
NHS England should provide more clarity about what ICSs should expect in terms of the monitoring of partnership working and how this will be assessed in ICB annual assessments.
Government Response Summary
The government's response discussed the development of a new very senior manager (VSM) pay framework to improve consistency and transparency, which is unrelated to the recommendation about monitoring partnership working in ICSs.
Paragraph Reference:
63
Government Response
Deferred
HM Government
Deferred
DHSC is working closely with NHS England on the development of a new very senior manager ( VSM ) pay framework which will ensure that senior manager pay is set at the right level. The new framework aims to improve consistency and transparency of VSM pay setting processes and will be made publicly available. Local NHS trusts and ICBs will therefore be able to review the framework directly when deciding on individual pay proposals. This will enable trusts and ICBs to ensure that pay cases are compliant with the framework, thereby simplifying the approvals process for cases requiring DHSC oversight. Internal processes for official clearances have also been streamlined in order to improve approval times. We will continue to work with NHS England on this.