New integrated care boards and partnerships could struggle to prioritise mental health services and support, in the face of funding pressures and the need to reduce backlogs for physical health services. ICBs will be responsible for bringing forward many of the ambitious programmes for mental health services in their area, for example, ensuring data sharing across local NHS, local government and voluntary sector organisations, and workforce planning and deployment. Many of the challenges that...

New integrated care boards and partnerships could struggle to prioritise mental health services and support, in the face of funding pressures and the need to reduce backlogs for physical health services. ICBs will be responsible for bringing forward many of the ambitious programmes for mental health services in their area, for example, ensuring data sharing across local NHS, local government and voluntary sector organisations, and workforce planning and deployment. Many of the challenges that ICBs have to address involve longstanding and unresolved issues and as the Department itself notes, “the proof will be in the pudding”. But we remain un Type: conclusion | Number: 3 | Response status: accepted Government response: The government agrees with the Committee’s recommendation Integrated Care Boards (ICBs) and trusts, utilising 63 metrics, 6 of which relate to mental health. NHS England will continue to undertake delivery assurance within the new model outlined in the NHS Operating Fr