Introducing integrated care systems: joining up local services to improve health outcomes

Introducing integrated care systems: joining up local services to improve health outcomes This report examines the setup of Integrated Care Systems (ICSs) by the Department of Health and Social Care, NHS England, and their partners and the risks they must manage. The report is not an assessment of whether the programme has secured good value for money to date because ICSs have only recently taken statutory form. Instead, it is an assessment of where they are starting from and the challenges and opportunities ahead. It makes recommendations intended to help manage those risks and realise those opportunities. National Audit Office