Executive summary
This guide explains what information NHS Hertfordshire and West Essex Information Commissioning Board (ICB) makes (or expects to make) routinely available, and where it can be accessed.
NHS Hertfordshire and West Essex ICB’s Publication Scheme is designed to signpost individuals to information we proactively release as and when it becomes available.
An organisation will proactively release information about itself within seven broad classes of information:
- Who we are and what we do
- What we spend and how we spend it
- What are our priorities and how we are doing
- How we make decisions
- Our policies and procedures
- Lists and registers
Services we offer
NHS Hertfordshire and West Essex ICB has published information in these areas and will continually update this publication scheme as we grow as an organisation.
At present, all the information we proactively release is available free of charge on our website. If in the future, we make information available but do not publish it on our website we will update this publication scheme to explain how you can access it. We will also explain any charges that may be necessary.
Who we are and what we do
Organisational information, locations and contacts, constitutional and legal governance.
How we fit into the NHS structure locally and nationally:
The following web pages and documents explain the role and responsibilities of our organisation:
- About the ICB
- ICB’s Principles and Values
- Hertfordshire and West Essex ICB Constitution
Further information regarding the structure of the NHS in England is available on their website.
Organisational Structure
Add ICB structure to follow
Corporate Governance Information
Details of Governing Body members and other key personnel:
Lists of and information relating to organisations with which the ICB works in partnership
Acute services
- East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust (ENHT)
- The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAH)
- West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospital NHS Trust (WHHT)
Mental Health Services
Community Services
- Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust (CLCH)
- Essex Partnership University NHS Trust (EPUT)
- Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust (HCT)
Local Authority
- Essex County Council (ECC)
- Hertfordshire County Council (HCC)
Location and Contact details for all public facing departments
What we spend and how we spend it
This class includes financial information relating to projected and actual income and expenditure, procurement and contract.
ICB Funding Allocation
Staff pay and grading structures:
Pay grade structures for our staff, clinical and non-clinical, are as per the NHS Agenda for Change pay band structures.
Procurement and tendering procedures:
Please see our Board papers for our Procurement and Tendering procedures.
Details of any contracts currently being tendered
Tender opportunities will be advertised via Contracts Finder and via Attain’s Bravo site under View Current Opportunities – on right hand side of page.
List of contracts awarded and their value
List of procurement decisions and contracts awarded up to April 2023.
What are our priorities and how are we doing
Strategy and performance information, plans, assessments, inspections and reviews
NHS Hertfordshire and West Essex ICB Constitution
The Constitution sets out the arrangements made by NHS Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care Board to meet its responsibilities for commissioning care for the people for whom it is responsible. It describes the governing principles, rules and procedures that the Board will establish to ensure probity and accountability in the day to day running of the organisation; to ensure that decisions are taken in an open and transparent way and that the interests of patients and the public remain central to the goals of the Board.
Annual Report
Hertfordshire and West Essex ICB has now been established for our first financial year, which runs from 1 July 2022 to 31 March 2023, inclusive. All NHS organisations are required by law to publish annual reports, detailing financial accounts, and to present them in public at an Annual General Meeting (AGM). The final annual report is also submitted to NHS England after internal sign-off. Our annual report and accounts for this financial year are available on our webiste. The purpose of this document is to look back at our key achievements, work areas and finances over our first year as a statutory body, as well as plans and priorities for the coming year and beyond.
Annual Business Plan, Strategic Direction and Documents
Performance Targets (KPI’s) + Performance Framework
For Hertfordshire and West Essex ICB Performance Framework please go to our Board papers.
Clinical Governance
The ICB’s clinical governance is located on the website..
Care Quality Commission – Annual Check Results
The independent regulator of health and adult social care in England, who make sure health and social care services provide people with safe, effective, compassionate, high-quality care and encourage care services to improve.
Details of inspections on services and providers commissioned by Hertfordshire and West Essex ICB are available on the CQC website.
Audit Reports
For our audit reports see attached link to our Board papers.
Service User Survey
Information about user surveys and consultations is contained on our website and can be linked from Get involved> Public Consultations.
Governing Body Meetings
This page provides information on our public meetings of the Governing Body, including future dates, attendance guidance and previous Board meeting papers and minutes.
Equality and Diversity
Promoting equality and equity are at the heart of NHS Hertfordshire and West Essex ICB’s values – ensuring that the organisation exercises fairness in all that it does and that no community or group is left behind in the improvements that will be made to health outcomes across the country.
NHS Hertfordshire and West Essex ICB will continue to work internally, and in partnership with colleagues within the Department of Health and the wider NHS, to ensure that advancing equality and diversity is central to how it conducts its business as an organisation.
Safeguarding Children and Vulnerable Adults
Under the Health & Social Care Act 2012, NHS Hertfordshire and West Essex ICB is, from 1st of July 2022, statutorily responsible for ensuring that Hertfordshire and West Essex ICB and organisations, from which we commission services, provide a safe system that safeguards children and vulnerable adults. This includes specific responsibilities for looked after children and for supporting the Child Death Overview Process.
Freedom of Information Performance
We expect to update this section quarterly with information about how we have performed when responding to Freedom of Information enquiries.
How we make decisions
NHS Hertfordshire and West Essex ICB holds board meetings in public every two months . This means members of the public are welcome to attend and observe the meetings.
Members of the public wishing to attend the meetings can find copies of the agenda and other papers on our website seven days before the Board meeting.
From time to time, the Board may need to consider agenda items which are confidential and cannot be discussed in public. If this is the case, a private session will be held at the meeting, from which the public will be excluded.
Our policies and procedures
Internal Policies
This area of our website provides information and documentation in relation to our Corporate Governance, Governance and Human Resources policies.
Our policies and procedures are available in the documents directory.
Lists and registers
Declaration of Interests
This section contains the Register of Interests, which is refreshed annually.
Freedom of Information Disclosure Log
Over the coming months we will update this section with a log of information that we have released in response to Freedom of Information requests.
Others
- List of Main Contractors/suppliers
- Register of Procurement Decisions and Contracts Awarded
- Healthcare Contracts Register
- Register of Gifts and Hospitality
Services we offer
Advice and guidance, booklets and leaflets, transactions and media releases. A description of the services offered:-