Introduction
The West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board is a new organisation.
It will start work in April 2022.
It is replacing the Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs).
It will build on all the really good work that they have done with our other health and care organisations over the last 5 years.
The ICB will be led by a Chair and Chief Executive.
Their job will be to join up health and care services, improve people’s health and make sure everyone has the same chance of feeling well and healthy.
The ICB will organise how money is spent and make sure that health services work well together and are high quality.
It will bring together different organisations like hospitals, GPs, local councils, voluntary groups and others in our local places.
Our local places are Bradford District and Craven, Calderdale, Kirklees, Leeds and Wakefield.
The ICB Constitution is an important document. It sets out what the Integrated Care Board ICB will do and how it will do it.
This easy read summary sets out some of the important things in the constitution.
How do we find out what is important for local people?
The Integrated Care Board (ICB) will agree a plan.
It will be based on things that local people have said are most important to them.
Each place will have a Health and Wellbeing Board.
They will then agree what it is important in their areas.
All this information will then be looked at by our Integrated Care Partnership.
This is a big meeting with senior leaders from all our partners across West Yorkshire and some members of the public.
The Partnership will then agree the most important things for the Board to include in its plan.
How will decisions be made?
The ICB will have a board. It will make decisions about how money is spent and the services it provides.
To make sure the decisions are fair, the Board will have a chairperson.
They will be an independent person. This means they don’t work for a health or care organisation.
The Board will also have other independent members.
They will work with Healthwatch to make sure that the views of local people are heard.
There will be members from each of our local places – Bradford District and Craven, Calderdale, Kirklees, Leeds and Wakefield.
There will also be members who will give the views of:
NHS hospitals and community providers- Local councils
- Public health, finance and medical and nursing experts
- Primary care providers (general practice)
- Voluntary and community organisations.
We have set out rules for how members get a place on the board.
These are available for anyone to read.
This will make sure that everything is clear and open.
Members of the board will have to follow important rules about being open, honest and acting in the public interest. Which means for the good of all our communities.
Making decisions in our local places
The ICB Board will agree the plan for health and care services in West Yorkshire.
Most of the decisions about spending money and services will be made in the local places.
Such as Bradford District and Craven, Calderdale, Kirklees, Leeds and Wakefield.
These are called place-based partnerships.
They will have committees that are made up of health and care leaders and independent people.
They will also have a set of rules.
They are called governance standards.
Conflicts of interest
A conflict of interest is when you can’t make a fair decision because you will be affected by what happens.
If you are a member or work for the ICB you must not think about yourself when you are making decisions about how money is spent.
We have set out rules to make sure this doesn’t happen.
Accountability and transparency
This is about telling people what the ICB do and being open and honest.
We will provide information that is clear and easy to understand.
We will give feedback about decisions and why we made them. We will explain how public views have made a difference.
Making decisions about who should provide health and care services
We will tell people how we make decisions about who provides health and care services.
We will make sure we are fair, honest and clear on how made these decisions.
We will let people know the outcome of the decisions made and details of the services.
We will show a record of all the decisions that are made.
Public Involvement
The Integrated Care Board ICB has some important principles for working with people and communities.
These include:
- Making sure the voices of people and communities are at the centre of any decision making
- Understanding what people think about health and care services. Talking to them to find out if things aren’t working and why.