Part 5Co-operation of English authorities with local partners, etc

Chapter 1...Community strategies

F1116ZBIntegrated care strategies

(1)

An integrated care partnership must prepare a strategy (an “integrated care strategy”) setting out how the assessed needs in relation to its area are to be met by the exercise of functions of—

(a)

the integrated care board for its area,

(b)

NHS England, or

(c)

the responsible local authorities whose areas coincide with or fall wholly or partly within its area.

(2)

In preparing a strategy under this section, an integrated care partnership must, in particular, consider the extent to which the needs could be met more effectively by the making of arrangements under section 75 of the National Health Service Act 2006 (rather than in any other way).

(3)

In preparing a strategy under this section, an integrated care partnership must have regard to—

(a)

the mandate published by the Secretary of State under section 13A of the National Health Service Act 2006, and

(b)

any guidance issued by the Secretary of State.

(4)

In preparing a strategy under this section, an integrated care partnership must—

(a)

involve the Local Healthwatch organisations whose areas coincide with or fall wholly or partly within its area, and

(b)

involve the people who live or work in that area.

(5)

An integrated care partnership may include in a strategy under this section a statement of its views on how arrangements for the provision of health-related services in its area could be more closely integrated with arrangements for the provision of health services and social care services in that area.

(6)

Each time that an integrated care partnership receives an assessment of relevant needs under section 116(5A) it must—

(a)

consider whether the current integrated care strategy should be revised, and

(b)

if so, prepare a revised integrated care strategy under subsection (1).

(7)

An integrated care partnership must—

(a)

publish each integrated care strategy, and

(b)

give a copy of each integrated care strategy to—

(i)

each responsible local authority whose area coincides with or falls wholly or partly within its area, and

(ii)

each partner integrated care board of those responsible local authorities.

(8)

In this section—

(a)

“assessed needs”, in relation to the area of an integrated care partnership, means the needs assessed under section 116 in relation to the areas of the responsible local authorities so far as those needs relate to the integrated care partnership’s area;

(b)

“partner integrated care board”, in relation to a responsible local authority, has the same meaning as in section 116;

(c)

“health services”, “health-related services” and “social care services” have the same meaning as in section 195 of the Health and Social Care Act 2012.