The Auditorium, The Durham Centre, DH1 1TN
Board meeting held in public on Tuesday 30 September 2025
Tuesday 30 September 2025, 10:30am
Please contact nencicb-sun.icbcorporateoffice@nhs.net
Agenda items
5 - Board minutes from previous meetings
Draft minutes from the previous meetings held on 29 July 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
9 - NENC ICB Complaints Annual Report 2024-2025
This annual report presents a summary of complaints, concerns, and issues handled by the complaints service from 01 April 2024 to 31 March 2025 for the North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board (ICB).
NENC ICB Complaints Annual Report 2024-2025
Appendix 1 Learning And Improvements ICB Complaints 2024 2025
10 - ICBP039: Standards of Business Conduct and Declarations of Interest Policy
To present the Board with an updated policy on business conduct standards and declarations of interest for approval.
Standards Of Business Conduct And DOI Policy Update Front Sheet
11 - Highlight Reports and Confirmed Minutes of the Committees of the Board
Highlight reports and confirmed minutes of the Committees of the Board.
To provide the Board with an overview of the decisions agreed at the Executive Committee meeting in July 2025 and the confirmed 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 and the confirmed minutes from the 10 July 2025.
Quality and Safety Committee Highlight Report September 2025
11.3 - Finance, Performance and Investment Committee
12 - 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.
12.1 - Deep Dive: Community Services Waiting Lists
Deep Dive into community services waiting lists. Presentation on the day.
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 2025/26 for the four months to 31 July 2025.
14 - North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care System Winter Plan 2025/26
This report provides the final North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care System Winter Plan 2025/26 for review by the ICB Board.
NENC ICS Winter Plan 2025-26 Board Cover Sheet
NENC ICS Winter Plan 2025-26 FINAL DRAFT
Appendix 1: NENC ICS Winter Priorities 202526
15 - Primary Care Access Recovery Programme
To provide the Board with an End of Programme Report on the Primary Care Access Recovery Plan during 2023-2025.
Primary Care Access Recovery Programme Report September 2025
16 - General Practice Engagement
To provide the Board with the feedback from general practice obtained through the listening events programme.
To provide an overview of the ICB's Health and Growth Accelerator programme and how the ICB is working with local and regional partners to deliver a programme will reduce health-driven economic inactivity in the North East and North Cumbria.
Health And Growth Accelerator Paper
18 - Response to the Independent Review of the physician associate and Anaesthesia associate roles
To provide the Board with information on the requirements placed upon employers emerging from the review by Professor Gillian Leng of Physician Associate and Anaesthesia Associate roles. In addition, provide an overview of the action underway as a system to respond and ensure compliance.
19 - Questions from the public
Questions from the public relating to items on the agenda