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12 Apr 2022

Professor Eileen Kaner joins the Integrated Care Board (ICB) for the North East and North Cumbria

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Professor Kaner has joined the Integrated Care Board for the North East and North Cumbria, as a non-executive director.

NIHR ARC North East and North Cumbria Director, Professor Eileen Kaner has been appointed as a new non-executive director of the Integrated Care Board (ICB) for the North East and North Cumbria.

Alongside her role as ARC Director, she is a Professor of Public Health and Primary Care at Newcastle University, with a focus on research that aims to improve health and wellbeing through reducing risk due to alcohol, substance use and links to mental health problems.

She has been appointed alongside Jon Rush, who is chair of the North Cumbria Integrated Care Partnership System Leadership Board and who is a strong advocate for involving people in service change and improvement and working with the third sector.

What is an Integrated Care Board?

Across England, the organisations responsible for health and social care services are formally coming together into Integrated Care Systems, which are focussed on creating better joined-up services to meet the specific needs of their local communities.

The Integrated Care Board is the body that will be accountable for NHS spend and performance within the system.

There are 42 ICSs covering the whole of England, each serving between 500,000 and three million people. Each NHS ICB will hold a substantial budget for commissioning high quality health and care services, with the responsibility to ensure these are delivered in a way that meets the needs of local people.

These ICBs will be supported by independent, non-executive members who will help to shape a long-term, viable plan for the delivery of the functions, duties, and objectives of the ICB, and for the stewardship of public money.

Find out more about the Integrated Care System for the North East and North Cumbria