Source · Select Committees · Public Accounts Committee
Recommendation 13
13
Rejected
NHS England noted the importance of ICSs’ Integrated Care Boards working constructively with the full...
Recommendation
NHS England noted the importance of ICSs’ Integrated Care Boards working constructively with the full range of local partners, including local government, elected members, community groups and the voluntary sector.40 We highlighted the necessity of MPs being able to raise issues on behalf of their constituents who encounter problems with health and care services, but noted members’ experiences of trying to engage their local NHS have at times been inconsistent and unsatisfactory.41 NHS England offered to write back to us setting out who MPs can approach within their local ICS to resolve issues for their constituents, and how it will remind ICSs of the importance of working effectively with local MPs.42 It has since written to us to provide information from MPs and we look forward to receiving confirmation that it has similarly communicated with ICSs.43 Capital investment in the NHS
Government Response Summary
The government disagrees with the recommendation, stating that the Health and Social Care Act 2022 is designed to ensure partners support each other and resolve issues together, further reinforced by the NHS Act 2006's duties to co-operate.
Government Response
Rejected
HM Government
Rejected
The government disagrees with the Committee’s recommendation. The structures and processes in the Health and Social Care Act 2022 are specifically designed to ensure that different partners of the system support each other to overcome differences in funding and accountability arrangements between the NHS and social care and to resolve issues together. This is further reinforced by the duties to co-operate placed upon NHS and local authority partners by the NHS Act 2006 If there is evidence that these arrangements are not working, the department, alongside other national partners, will take appropriate action.