The Auditorium, The Durham Centre, DH1 1TN
Board meeting held in public on Tuesday 3 June 2025
Tuesday 3 June 2025, 10.30am
Please contact nencicb-sun.icbcorporateoffice@nhs.net
Agenda items
5 - Board minutes from previous meeting held on 25 March 2025
Draft minutes from the meeting held on 25 March 2025 for approval
Action owners to provide updates on any outstanding actions.
7 - Notification of items of any other business
Consider items of any other business
The purpose of this report is to provide an overview of recent activity carried out by the ICB team, as well as some key national policy updates.
9.1 - 2025/26 Financial and Operational Plan
This paper presents the final financial and operational plan for both the ICB and wider ICS for 2025/26.
Presentation on the ICB high level operating model.
10 - Board Assurance Framework Q4, 2024/25 (including interim Q1, 2025/26 position)
The purpose of this report is to provide the Board with a refreshed Board Assurance Framework for quarter 4, 2024/25 (including interim Q1 2025/26 position) and an updated corporate risk register for review and consideration.
11 - Highlight Reports and Confirmed Minutes of the Committees of the Board
Highlight reports and confirmed minutes of the Board which include 2024/25 annual review of effectivness.
To provide the Board with an overview of the decisions agreed at the Executive Committee meetings in March and April 2025 and the confirmed minutes from these meetings.
The annual review 2024/25 provides a summary of the Committee's activity throughout the year.
Executive Committee Highlight Report
20250311 APPROVED Public Executive Committee Minutes
11.2 - Quality and Safety Committee
To provide the Board with a summary of the key points from the meeting of the Quality and Safety Committee held on 8 May 2025 and the confirmed minutes from the 11 March 2025.
The annual review 2024/25 provides a summary of the Committee's activity throughout the year.
Quality and Safety Committee Highlight Report
11.3 - Finance, Performance and Investment Committee
To provide the Board with an overview of the key points and approved minutes from the FPI Committee meeting held on 6 March 2025.
The annual review 2024/25 provides a summary of the Committee's activity throughout the year.
Finance Performance and Investment Committee Highlight Report
APPROVED Finance Performance and Investment Minutes March 2025
Finance Performance and Investment Committee Annual Review 2024/25
To provide the Board with the key highlights from the Audit Committee meeting on 10 April 2025, the two Extraordinary Audit Committee meetings held on 26 February and 23 April 2025 and the confirmed minutes from the meeting held on 09 January 2025.
The annual review 2024/25 provides a summary of the Committee's activity throughout the year.
Audit Committee Highlight Report
12 - Terms of Reference - Service Change Advisory Group
The Board is asked to approve the Service Change Advisory Group terms of reference.
Terms Of Reference Front Cover Service Change Advisory Group
13 - Integrated Delivery Report
The NENC Integrated Delivery Report (IDR) provides an overview of quality and performance, highlighting any significant changes, areas of risk and mitigating actions.
The report uses published performance and quality data covering February 2025 for most metrics and March 2025 for others, unless otherwise specified. Finance data is for February 2025 (Month 11).
13.1 - All Age Continuing Care
Presentation on All Age Continuing Care performance
To provide an update on the financial performance of the North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board (NENC ICB) and NENC Integrated Care System (ICS) in the financial year 2024/25 for the year ended 31 March 2025.
15 - Primary Care Urgent Dental Access Recovery Plan
The purpose of this report is to provide the ICB Board with an overview of the Dental Access Recovery programme in relation to urgent dental care.
16 - Digital Inclusion Strategy
To present the NENC ICS Digital Inclusion Strategy to the Board for approval.
Digital Inclusion Strategy Front Cover
17 - Medicines Strategy 2025-2030
The report provides an overview of the development of the draft Medicines Strategy 2025-2030.
Medicines Strategy 2025-2030 Board Paper
DRAFT Medicines Strategy 2025-2030
Medicines Strategy 2025-2030 Presentation
18 - NENC ICS Approach to Neighbourhood Health
The purpose of this report is to provide assurance to the Board on the development and implementation of the Integrated Neighbourhood Health (INH) model in North East and North Cumbria.
Integrated Neighbourhood Health Board Report June 2025
Intregrated Neighbourhood Health appendices 1-3
NENC ICB Board Neighbourhood Health Presentation
19 - Questions from the public
Questions from the public relating to items on the agenda