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Policy Paper Published 1 Jun 2026 Department of Health and Social Care ↗ View on GOV.UK

Health Bill: ICBs as strategic commissioners - fact sheet

Outlines how integrated care boards (ICBs) will focus on their role as strategic commissioners of local health services.

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The Health Bill is supporting 2 overarching aims:

  • improve patient safety and experience through a new single patient record (SPR), enabling joined-up, proactive care and empowering patients
  • put power and resources in the hands of NHS organisations providing direct patient care by abolishing NHS England and stripping back national bureaucracy

See the Health Bill collection page for the bill’s other supporting documents:

  • impact assessments
  • equality impact assessments
  • other fact sheets