Case studies

Merton is part of South West London Health and Care Partnership, which has a commitment to delegate to borough level to ensure local accountability and delivery based on consistency, not uniformity. The partnership published draft health and care plans in March 2019.

Cambridgeshire County Council, Peterborough City Council and Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) are coterminous with Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Sustainability and Transformation Partnership (STP), which is developing into an integrated care system (ICS).

Gloucestershire County Council, Gloucestershire Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) and NHS providers are coterminous with One Gloucestershire Integrated Care System (ICS), a second-wave ICS which covers around 635,000 people. This case study forms part of our integrated care systems (ICS) resource.

Norfolk Health and Wellbeing Board (HWB) is the forum for system leaders across the wider local health and care system and works closely with the Norfolk and Waveney Sustainability and Transformation Partnership (STP) (Waveney is an area in East Suffolk). This case study forms part of our integrated care systems (ICS) resource.

Rotherham is part of South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw, a first-wave integrated care system (ICS). The places within the ICS are developing as integrated care partnerships (ICPs), and a key message from the ICS is that ‘place’ is put first.

West Yorkshire and Harrogate Health and Care Partnership (HCP) covers 2.6 million people. It is made up of around 50 local health and care networks, eight local authority areas, seven local care partnerships and six place plans (Bradford District and Craven, Calderdale, Harrogate, Kirklees, Leeds and Wakefield). This case study forms part of our integrated care systems (ICS) resource.

Bath and North East Somerset is one of the three ‘places’ in the Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire Sustainability and Transformation Partnership (STP), which is working to become an integrated care system. This case study forms part of our integrated care system (ICS) resource.

Cheshire West and Chester Health and Wellbeing Board (HWB) is a system-leadership board which meets monthly to monitor progress on integrated health and care developments and to ensure that delayed transfers of care meet national targets. This case study forms part of our integrated care system (ICS) resource.

Kent County Council and Medway Council are coterminous with Kent and Medway Sustainability and Transformation Partnership (STP), which is developing into an integrated care system. The system has eight clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) which share an accountable officer and are working to establish a single strategic or system commissioner. This case study forms part of our integrated care systems (ICS) resource.

North East Lincolnshire has a history of strong partnership working. As part of a long-standing Section 75 arrangement, the council is responsible for commissioning and providing children’s services, while the clinical commissioning group (CCG) is responsible for adult social care. This case study forms part of our integrated care systems (ICS) resource.