1 Citygate, Gallowgate, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE1 4WH
Board meeting held in public on Wednesday 30 September 2026
Wednesday 30 September 2026, 10:30am - 2:45pm
Please contact nencicb-sun.icbcorporateoffice@nhs.net
Agenda items
5 - Board minutes from previous meetings
Draft minutes from the previous meetings 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 - Board Development Session Report
To update the Board on the key themes, risks, assurances and actions arising from the recent Board Development Sessions and to enable members to note the learning and emerging considerations for
future Board business.
Board Development Sessions Report
Part1 Strategic Commissioning Quality Note
10 - Committee Escalation and Assurance Reports
Escalation and Assurance Report, decision logs and confirmed minutes of the Committees of the Board.
To provide the Board with an overview of the decisions agreed at the Leadership Committee and the confirmed minutes of the meetings for assurance.
Leadership Committee Escalation And Assurance Report September 26
20260609 Leadership Committee Minutes
20260812 Leadership Committee Minutes
10.2 - Quality and Safety Committee
To provide the Board with an overview of the discussion at the Quality and Safety Committee and the confirmed minutes of the meeting for assurance.
Quality and Safety Committee Escalation And Assurance Report September 2026
To provide the Board with an overview of the discussion at the Audit Committee and the confirmed minutes of the meeting for assurance.
Audit Committee Escalation and Assurance Report September 2026
11 - NENC ICB Complaints Annual Report
This annual report presents a summary of complaints, concerns, and issues handled by the complaints service from 01 April 2025 to 31 March 2026 for the North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board.
NENC ICB Complaints Annual Report 2025-2026
12 - ICB Commissioning Winter Plan and Board Assurance Statements
To present the ICB Winter Commissioning Plan 2026/27 and completed Board Assurance Statement, enabling the Board to consider system preparedness, residual risks, proposed investment and governance arrangements, and to approve the documents for submission to NHS England.
13 - Integrated Delivery Report
Quarterly Exceptions Report
To provide the Board with assurance on the revised Integrated Delivery Report (IDR), including the first quarterly reporting cycle, the current exception position and the issues escalated following review by the
commissioning subcommittees and Leadership Committee.
Quarterly Integrated Delivery Report Report
Appendix 1 - IDR Exception Reports Board Escalated
Appendix 2 - IDR Exception Reports To Board Not Escalated
Monthly Assurance Report
To present the September 2026 Integrated Delivery Report (IDR) overview, based on August 2026 data, for the Board’s consideration of current performance and agreement on any actions or escalations
requiring its oversight.
Monthly Integrated Delivery Report
14 - NENC ICB Finance Update – Month 4 2026/27
To provide an update on the financial performance of the North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board in the financial year 2026/27.
ICB 2026-27 Finance Report M04
Appendix 1 - Regional Approach To Plan Delivery And Risk Categories
To provide the Board with an in-year review and assurance assessment of delivery against the ICB’s Medium Term Planning – Strategic Commissioning Intentions 2026/27 and to inform the 2027/28 planning and prioritisation process.
Strategic Commissioning Intentions 2026-27 Progress Report Sept 2026
Appendix 1 - ICB Commissioning Intentions 2026 27 Progress Update
16 - Infection prevention and control in NHS care: policies, practices and performance
To provide the Board with an overview of the NENC position on infection prevention and control, healthcare-associated infections and antimicrobial resistance, including current performance, assurance
gaps and the system improvement programme.
Combined Infection Prevention And AMR Board Report Cover
Combined Infection Prevention And AMR Board Report
Presentation
18 - Questions from the public
Questions from the public relating to items on the agenda