The confirmation of three new areas designated as Integrated Care Systems (ICS) will mean that one in three people in England will benefit from improved health and care.
The North East and North Cumbria will become the country’s largest ICS, serving more than three million people alone.
South East London becomes the first ICS in the capital while Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire West makes up the third new area where different health and care organisations work together to plan and join up services.
Each has shown that its partners all share a common vision to improve health and care, backed up by robust operational and financial plans, and proposals for collective leadership and accountability.
They follow in the footsteps of the 12 earliest integrated care systems announced in 2018, plus two devolved health systems in Greater Manchester and Surrey.
