Who we are
The NHS North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board (ICB) is responsible for deciding how the NHS budget in the region is spent.
We are responsible for developing an ambitious plan to improve people's health, deliver high quality and safe services, provide value for money, and support broader social and economic development by working with our partners. This includes tackling things that impact on the health of our communities such as poverty, employment, housing and the environment.
With a £7 billion budget and an NHS workforce of 170,000 people across health and care we look after 3.1 million people in the North East and North Cumbria.
We have a strong and proud history of working together across health and care in our region. The quality of our health and care services is consistently rated amongst the best in the NHS and we have an abundance of great care delivered by highly committed health and care teams. Despite this overall public health is still amongst the worst in the country. By working together we are committed to the three key principals of prevention, personalisation and performance.
Preventing poor health and wellbeing and addressing inequalities is at the heart of what we are doing”
Our aims
Working with the NHS, local councils, and the voluntary, community and social enterprise sectors (VCSE) our aim is to ensure better health and wellbeing for all now and in the future.
We want:
- Longer and healthier lives
- Fairer outcomes
- Better health and care services
- Giving our children the best start in live
We have come together with our partners and set out a vision for health and care services in the region. We have a plan to deliver our ambitions. We also want to be the best at getting better, collaborating and innovating to encourage system wide learning.
Integrated Care Strategy Better Health And Wellbeing Joint Forward Plan 2023 - 2028
