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Much of these efforts were highlighted during our coordinated response to COVID-19 where commissioners, <span style="background-color:white"><span style="color:#212529">providers, local councils, and community groups all worked together to provide the care our communities need in an efficient, effective and joined-up way. </span></span></span></span></span></p> 224 225<p><span><span><span>Therefore, in line with the </span><a href="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2022/515/made" style="color:#0563c1"><span>Health and Care Act 2022</span></a><span> which builds on the learning from the COVID-19 pandemic and aims to integrate services of patients, we have now formally established our Black Country Integrated Care System (ICS) and within it the NHS Black Country Integrated Care Board (ICB) and Black Country Integrated Care Partnership (ICP). </span></span></span></p> 226 227<p><span><span style="background-color:white"><span><span style="color:#333333">Our <span>Integrated Care System</span> (ICS), known as Healthier Futures, </span></span></span></span><span><span>brings providers and commissioners of NHS services together with local authorities and other local partners to plan and deliver joined up health and care services, and to improve the lives of people who live and work in the Black Country.</span></span></p> 228 </div> 229 230 231 232 <div class="button-block btn-block" data-record-click> 233 <a style="" class="button-link file-icon" href="https://www.blackcountryics.org.uk/download_file/314/213" target="_self" title="ICS diagram only.pdf" data-concrete5-link-lightbox="iframe"><img src="/concrete/images/icons/filetypes/pdf.svg" width="60" height="60" class="img-responsive ccm-generic-thumbnail" alt="PDF file icon"><span>View a diagram that shows how the system will function</span></a> 234 </div> 235 236 237 238 <div class="content-block clearfix"> 239 <h2>Our purpose</h2> 240 241<ul> 242 <li>Improve outcomes in population health and healthcare</li> 243 <li>Tackle inequalities in outcomes, experience and access</li> 244 <li>Enhance productivity and value for money</li> 245 <li>Help the NHS support broader social and economic development</li> 246</ul> 247 </div> 248 249 250 251 <div class="button-block btn-block" data-record-click> 252 <a style="" class="button-link arrow-right" href="https://www.blackcountryics.org.uk/our-purpose" target="_self" title="Our purpose"><span>Read more about our priorities, our challenges and our work.</span></a> 253 </div> 254 255 256 257 258 259<div class="ccm-block-page-list-wrapper default no-rss" > 260 <div class="ccm-block-page-list-header"> 261 <h2 class="visually-hidden">List of pages</h2> 262 </div> 263 264 265 <ul class="ccm-block-page-list-pages"> 266 267 <li class="ccm-block-page-list-page-entry"> 268 269 <div class="row"> 270 271 272 <div class="col-xs-24 col-sm-24 col-md-24"> 273 <div class="ccm-block-page-list-page-entry-text"> 274 <div class="ccm-block-page-list-title"> 275 <h3><a href="https://www.blackcountryics.org.uk/about-us/integrated-care-partnership-icp" target="_self">Integrated Care Partnership (ICP)</a></h3> 276 </div> 277 278 279 <div class="ccm-block-page-list-description"> 280 <p>The Black Country Integrated Care Partnership (ICP) is a statutory committee jointly formed between the NHS Integrated Care Board (ICB) and the four councils in the Black Country. The ICP is responsible for producing an integrated care strategy on how to meet the health and wellbeing needs of the population in the Black Country.</p> 281 </div> 282 283 284 285 </div> 286 </div> 287 288 </div> 289 </li> 290 291 <li class="ccm-block-page-list-page-entry"> 292 293 <div class="row"> 294 295 296 <div class="col-xs-24 col-sm-24 col-md-24"> 297 <div class="ccm-block-page-list-page-entry-text"> 298 <div class="ccm-block-page-list-title"> 299 <h3><a href="https://blackcountry.icb.nhs.uk" target="_blank">Integrated Care Board (ICB)</a></h3> 300 </div> 301 302 303 <div class="ccm-block-page-list-description"> 304 <p>The Black Country Integrated Care Board (ICB) vision is to lead health and care collaboration in the Black Country to enable all our communities to live longer, healthier and happier lives. It is a statutory NHS organisation responsible for developing a plan for meeting the health needs of the population, managing the NHS budget, and arranging for the provision of health services locally. The ICB took on responsibility for planning and buying Primary Medical Services (GPs) when it was established on 1 July 2022. In April 2023, it took on responsibility for the planning and buying of dental, optometry, and pharmacy services from NHS England.</p> 305 </div> 306 307 308 309 </div> 310 </div> 311 312 </div> 313 </li> 314 315 <li class="ccm-block-page-list-page-entry"> 316 317 <div class="row"> 318 319 320 <div class="col-xs-24 col-sm-24 col-md-24"> 321 <div class="ccm-block-page-list-page-entry-text"> 322 <div class="ccm-block-page-list-title"> 323 <h3><a href="https://www.blackcountryics.org.uk/about-us/office-west-midlands" target="_self">Office of the West Midlands</a></h3> 324 </div> 325 326 327 <div class="ccm-block-page-list-description"> 328 <p>The six ICBs in the West Midlands are collaborating to establish an Office of the West Midlands. Through at scale collaboration and distributive leadership the Office of West Midlands will add value and benefit to a shared set of common goals and priorities for West Midlands citizens and patients.</p> 329 </div> 330 331 332 333 </div> 334 </div> 335 336 </div> 337 </li> 338 339 <li class="ccm-block-page-list-page-entry"> 340 341 <div class="row"> 342 343 344 <div class="col-xs-24 col-sm-24 col-md-24"> 345 <div class="ccm-block-page-list-page-entry-text"> 346 <div class="ccm-block-page-list-title"> 347 <h3><a href="https://www.blackcountryics.org.uk/about-us/collaboration-partnerships" target="_self">Collaboration and partnerships</a></h3> 348 </div> 349 350 351 <div class="ccm-block-page-list-description"> 352 <p>Read more about our members, partners, provider collaboratives, primary care collaborative, voluntary, community and s
352ocial enterprise sector and healthwatch.</p> 353 </div> 354 355 356 357 </div> 358 </div> 359 360 </div> 361 </li> 362 363 <li class="ccm-block-page-list-page-entry"> 364 365 <div class="row"> 366 367 368 <div class="col-xs-24 col-sm-24 col-md-24"> 369 <div class="ccm-block-page-list-page-entry-text"> 370 <div class="ccm-block-page-list-title"> 371 <h3><a href="https://www.blackcountryics.org.uk/about-us/our-places" target="_self">Our places</a></h3> 372 </div> 373 374 375 <div class="ccm-block-page-list-description"> 376 <p>Dudley, Sandwell, Walsall and Wolverhampton make up the Black Country footprint. 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