Question follow-through · 6597
Health Services: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what mechanisms are in place to assess the performance of care providers which have been commissioned by the Integrated Care Board.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 3 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 8 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 9 Jun 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
3 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what mechanisms are in place to assess the performance of care providers which have been commissioned by the Integrated Care Board.
8 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
9 Jun 2026
Answer published
Integrated care boards (ICBs) are responsible for assuring the quality, effectiveness, and value of the services they commission for their populations.ICBs assess provider performance through a range of mechanisms, including contract management arrangemen...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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