Meeting of the Board - 27 July 2022

The meeting of the Integrated Care Board took place yesterday (27 July) at the Health Innovation Campus at Lancaster University and was livestreamed on our website. A number decisions were made during the meeting.

The Board:

• Endorsed the strategic aims and early priorities that were proposed for the ICB and agreed to receive regular progress reports on the priorities as part of a board workplan of business - item 5 system diagnostic priorities
• Approved the proposal for the establishment of a North Mersey comprehensive stroke centre for hyper-acute services for the population of North Mersey and West Lancashire with the proviso that further dialogue is undertaken to agree any financial implications for LSC ICB - item 6 hyper acute stroke proposal
• Approved the proposed financial settlement of £8.037 million with the three local authorities (Lancashire County Council, Cumbria County Council and Blackburn with Darwin Borough Council) regarding delayed or incomplete assessments for continuing healthcare (CHC) eligibility - item 7 continuing healthcare local authority settlement
• Approved the proposed delivery planning approach regarding the Fuller Stocktake report and agreed to receive a further report in November 2022 - item 8 Fuller Stocktake report
• Approved the proposal to align the place-based partnerships with local authority footprints and considerations for implementation - item 9 place-based partnership review
• Approved the ICB budget 2022/23 and the 2022/23 financial plan - item 10 ICB budget and item 11 financial plan
• Endorsed the report from the Audit Committee on the appointment of internal and external audit.

The meeting was streamed live and you can watch the recording here. Please note there were a few technical issues with the streaming process, which means that unfortunately there are a few parts of the meeting where the audio cuts out briefly, but this was resolved as quickly as possible and we apologise for any inconvenience caused.