The 10 Year Health Plan confirms that going forward Integrated Care Boards (ICBs) will be mapped to strategic authority footprints, wherever feasible.
In Essex, plans towards establishing a Mayoral Combined County Authority were recently approved, presenting an opportunity to align health care planning. You can find out more about devolution in Essex by visiting the Essex Local Government Reorganisation website.
The ICBs that cover Essex are therefore working together through shared leadership and combined teams while plans for new ICBs are determined.
Until the formal establishment of a new Essex proposed ICB is approved, the ICBs in Essex will remain separate legal entities.