What are ICSs?

Page last updated 21 January 2024

To learn more about what ICSs are here is a short video from the Kings Fund

Watch our Lunch and Learn Program: Integrated Care Systems to hear why are they important to the NIHR.

ICSs & Research

‘Integrated care systems are new partnerships between the organisations that meet health and care needs across an area, to coordinate services and to plan in a way that improves population health and reduces inequalities between different groups.’ NHS England

Map pf 42 Integrated Care Systems in England

https://www.nhsconfed.org/publications/integrated-care-systems-ics

How are ICSs Structured?

ICS 10 min Knowledge Share (v2.0)

Find out more about the What ICS Look Like.

How do local services fit within ICSs?

Integrated care systems explainedIntegrated care services represent a fundamental shift in the way the health and care system is organised. This explainer looks at how these bodies are structured, how they are developing and what the future holds.

What are Integrated Neighbourhood Teams?

Take a look at Cambridgeshire and Peterborough's Introducing the ICS & Integrated Neighbourhood Team slide deck and explainer video below.