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Recommendation 11
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Department expects Integrated Care Boards to maintain local accountability and stakeholder balance.
Recommendation
We asked the Department whether the current locally–led approaches would be retained as part of the new structure to allow better local accountability, and whether previous commitments about public health and prevention would also be retained. The Department said that the ideal set–up for an ICB to meet its commitments and be held to account was through a good balance of stakeholders, including local authorities, primary, secondary, community, and other care providers, to maintain local, but joined up, accountability.15 11 Qq 9–10, 14 12 Q 17 13 NHS England, NHS Chief to stand down at end of March, 25 February 2025; NHS England, England’s top doctor to stand down after over seven years, 6 March 2025; NHS England, NHS England board members stepping down, 10 March 2025 14 Qq 20, 27 15 Q 26 12 The development of the Harlow Health Security Campus
Government Response
A response document is linked to this report, dated 18 September 2025. Response attribution to this conclusion has not been verified. Read the response document ↗