The Auditorium, The Durham Centre, Belmont Industrial Estate, DH1 1TN
Board meeting held in public on Tuesday 31 March 2026
Tuesday 31 March 2026, 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 27 January and 12 February 2026 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.
Appendix 1 202512 County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust RCR Report
9 - 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 meetings and the confirmed minutes of the meetings held on 13 January and 10 February 2026 for assurance.
Executive Committee Highlight Report March 2026
9.2 - 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 15 January 2026.
To provide the Board with a summary of the key points from the meeting of the Audit Committee and the confirmed minutes from the 9 October 2025 for assurance.
10 - Integrated Delivery Report
The NENC Integrated Delivery Report (IDR) provides an overview of quality, performance and finance and aligns to the new NHS Oversight Framework (NOF) for 2025/26.
NENC ICB Integrated Delivery Report February 2026 Front Cover
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 ten months to 31st January 2026.
12 - NHS Medium Term Planning 2026/27 - 2030/31
This paper presents the ICB Medium Term Planning submission for 2026/27 to 2028/29 and the Five-Year Strategic Commissioning Plan.
13 - Oral Health Strategy and Primary Care Dental Access Recovery Programme update
The purpose of this report is to provide the Board with an end of year update on the Primary Care Dental Access Recovery Programme during 2025-26 and to highlight priorities going forward into 2026-27.
To provide the Board with an update on the Women's Health Programme.
A presentation will be given on the day of the Board meeting and Professor Dame Lesley Regan, Women's Health Ambassador for England will be in attendance.
15 - Questions from the public
Questions from the public relating to items on the agenda