What is Integrated care system?
An '''integrated care system''' is part of the [[National Health Service]] in England. There are 42. Most of them cover the area of a [[county]]. The number of people in each one goes from 500,000 to more than 3 million. This is an effort to join up different services. Many are setting up [[Electronic health record|electronic health records]] which will cover all the health and social care organisations in their area.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Midlands health trusts launch unified care record|url=https://www.buildingbetterhealthcare.com/news/article_page/Midlands_health_trusts_launch_unified_care_record/203829|access-date=2023-02-05|website=www.buildingbetterhealthcare.com|language=en}}</ref> [[File:Map_of_Integrated_Care_Systems.png|thumb|Planned Integrated Care Systems 2019]] They were started in 2019. In 2022 they were given legal powers. This is the latest way of dividing the country into areas. They are managed by [[NHS England]]. <ref>{{Cite web|title=NHS England » What are integrated care systems?|url=https://www.england.nhs.uk/integratedcare/what-is-integrated-care/|access-date=2023-02-01|website=www.england.nhs.uk}}</ref> Each one has an integrated care partnership which includes the [[Local government in England|local governments.]] It has an integrated care board. That has to plan and pay for most NHS services in the area. There is also an integrated care partnership with wider membership. They have to develop a health and care strategy for the area.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2022-08-19|title=Integrated care systems explained|url=https://www.kingsfund.org.uk/publications/integrated-care-systems-explained|access-date=2023-02-01|website=The King's Fund|language=en}}</ref> In October 2022 most of them were forecasting that they would not be able to balance their books. <ref>{{Cite web|last=Henry Anderson|title=‘Real worry’ as two-thirds of ICSs fall into the red|url=https://www.hsj.co.uk/finance-and-efficiency/real-worry-as-two-thirds-of-icss-fall-into-the-red/7033379.article|access-date=2023-02-05|webs