Recommendation 13

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