NHS Integrated Care Systems

Uses

Risks & contraindications

Background

Highlighted claims

• NHS ICSs are statutory collaborative partnerships between NHS bodies, local authorities, and community organisations, formally established in 2022. — Bridging the gap in the UK’s National Health Service integrated care systems: insights from a mixed methods implementation evaluation of UCLP-PRIMROSE, a care innovation to reduce physical health inequalities for people with severe mental illness
• Electronic patient record systems in primary and secondary care settings were not connected, and data sharing agreements between settings were absent or limited. — Bridging the gap in the UK’s National Health Service integrated care systems: insights from a mixed methods implementation evaluation of UCLP-PRIMROSE, a care innovation to reduce physical health inequalities for people with severe mental illness
• At the time of the study, the immaturity of ICSs meant implementation teams were navigating systems with promised rather than achieved integration. — Bridging the gap in the UK’s National Health Service integrated care systems: insights from a mixed methods implementation evaluation of UCLP-PRIMROSE, a care innovation to reduce physical health inequalities for people with severe mental illness
• Known challenges around interoperability and unclear cross-sector role boundaries were not resolved during the study period. — Bridging the gap in the UK’s National Health Service integrated care systems: insights from a mixed methods implementation evaluation of UCLP-PRIMROSE, a care innovation to reduce physical health inequalities for people with severe mental illness
• UCLP-PRIMROSE served as a first test for integrated cross-sector working within the emerging ICS framework. — Bridging the gap in the UK’s National Health Service integrated care systems: insights from a mixed methods implementation evaluation of UCLP-PRIMROSE, a care innovation to reduce physical health inequalities for people with severe mental illness