26 Integrated care partnerships and strategies

Integrated care partnerships

26  Integrated care partnerships and strategies

(1)     The Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 is amended in accordance with subsections (2) to (6).

(2)     In section 104 (interpretation: partner authorities), in subsection (2), for paragraph (ja) substitute—

“(ja)     an integrated care board;”.

(3)     In section 116 (health and social care: joint strategic needs assessments)—

(a)     in subsection (4), for paragraph (b) substitute—

“(b)     each of its partner integrated care boards,”;

(b)     after subsection (5) insert—

“(5A)     The responsible local authority must give a copy of each assessment of relevant needs prepared under this section to any integrated care partnership established under section 116ZA whose area coincides with or includes the whole or part of the area of the responsible local authority.”;

(c)     in subsections (6) and (7), for “clinical commissioning group”, in each place it occurs, substitute “integrated care board”;

(d)     in subsection (8), for “clinical commissioning groups” substitute “integrated care boards”;

(e)     in subsections (8A) and (9), for “clinical commissioning group”, in each place it occurs, substitute “integrated care board”.

(4)     After section 116 insert—

“116ZA Integrated care partnerships

(1)     An integrated care board and each responsible local authority

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