To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of Integrated Care Boards being required to implement systems to identify and monitor inequalities in mental and physical health.
Answered on
27 October 2021
We have made no specific assessment. However, the Health and Care Bill ensures that each integrated care board will have a statutory duty to reduce health inequalities.
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Department of Health and Social Care