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On 1 July 2022, our Integrated Care System (ICS) became a statutory legal entity under the Health and Care Act.

Our ICS includes local councils, NHS hospitals, GP practices and community and mental health services. The ICS structure is made up of an Integrated Care Partnership (ICP), an Integrated Care Board (ICB) and six Locality Partnerships.

The Integrated Care Partnership (ICP)

The Integrated Care Partnership (ICP) is a statutory committee jointly formed between the Integrated Care Board (ICB) and the three local authorities in our area.

The ICP brings together a broad range of partners (including those from our local voluntary sector and community groups) and sets the strategy to meet our population’s health, care and wellbeing needs.

The ICP includes representatives from each Integrated Care System partnership organisation and the six Locality Partnerships. Other members include community and voluntary sector representatives and Healthwatch.

The ICP is jointly chaired on rotation by our three constituent Health and Wellbeing Board chairs.

The current Chair is Councillor Jenna Ho Marris, the North Somerset Health and Wellbeing Board Chair. The Deputy Chair is Jeff Farrar.

Stephen Williams, the Bristol Health and Wellbeing Board Chair and Councillor John O’Neill, the South Gloucestershire Health and Wellbeing Board Chair, also sit on the ICP.

The Integrated Care Board (ICB)

The Integrated Care Board (ICB) is the organisation responsible for the day-to-day running of the NHS.

NHS Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire ICB takes account of population needs, arranges for the provision of services and manages the NHS budget.

ICBs were legally established on 1 July 2022, after Clinical Commissioning Groups across the country were abolished.

ICBs have several roles mandated through legislation: the Chair, Chief Executive, Chief Nursing Officer, Chief Medical Officer and Chief Finance Officer. Our ICB Chair is Jeff Farrar, and our ICB Chief Executive Officer is Shane Devlin.

Our ICB has five independent non-executive members and senior representatives from all the Healthier Together partner organisations. The ICB has 19 board members in total. Healthwatch and One Care also attend as non-voting participants.

Locality Partnerships

Locality Partnerships operate on a local level to respond to the unique needs of their local populations. The six Locality Partnerships in our area are:

• South Gloucestershire
• North and West Bristol
• Inner City and East Bristol
• South Bristol
• Woodspring
• One Weston (Weston, Worle and Villages)

Locality Partnerships are made up of local health, social care, and voluntary sector organisations and groups, working with local people and communities as equal partners to improve health and wellbeing.

This can include GPs, councils, social care, community services, mental health support and local activity clubs. People with lived experience, their support networks and carers are also partners in each Locality Partnership.

Find out more about Locality Partnerships