NHS Kent & Medway

What NHS Kent & Medway does

NHS Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board (ICB) is a statutory NHS body headquartered in Maidstone, United Kingdom, responsible for planning and commissioning healthcare services for approximately 2 million residents across Kent and Medway. The organisation was established on 1 July 2022 under the Health and Care Act 2022, replacing the former Kent and Medway Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs). It operates as a constituent part of the Kent and Medway Integrated Care System (ICS), partnering structurally with Kent County Council, Medway Council, Healthwatch Kent, Healthwatch Medway, and NHS provider trusts to coordinate joined-up health and social care delivery.

The ICB's core technology infrastructure centres on the Kent and Medway Care Record (KMCR), an electronic care record platform that links data held across disparate provider systems to enable coordinated patient care. Supporting infrastructure includes Microsoft Teams for virtual governance and public board meetings, NHS-standard data protection frameworks, and the public-facing website maintained by VerseOne Group Ltd. The ICB has established a Shared Health and Care Analytics Board to govern population health data use across the ICS. All technology operates within UK GDPR/Data Protection Act 2018 compliance and the NHS Confidentiality Code of Conduct.

The ICB does not operate a commercial business model. It is funded through NHS England allocations derived from public taxation and does not generate revenue from customers or pricing. Activities include primary care commissioning, medicines optimisation, safeguarding, equality and diversity oversight, information governance, and public engagement through board meetings, consultations, and market engagement exercises. The organisation employs approximately 430 staff and has no subsidiaries, no private investors, and no commercial product lines.

Name

NHS Kent & Medway

Legal name

NHS Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board

Website

https://kentandmedway.icb.nhs.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

2022

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

NHS Kent and Medway ICB is a statutory NHS body that plans and commissions healthcare services for 2 million residents in Kent and Medway, operating as part of the local Integrated Care System since July 2022.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Healthcare Commissioning

SIC

Services-Health Services (8000), Hospital & Medical Service Plans (6324)

akta.pro primary industry

Integrated Physical-Behavioral-Social Care (Whole-Person) Medicaid Plans (HLAEAEAI)

akta.pro secondary industries

Healthcare-Linked Social Benefits Administration (e.g., Medicaid/Means-Tested Health Coverage) (BPAIAKAH), Value-Based Primary Care Organizations (Risk-Bearing) (HLAFAGAF)

Keywords

• Healthcare commissioning services
• Integrated care board
• Population health management
• NHS service planning
• Public health commissioning

Headquarters

HQ city

Maidstone

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Others

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

NHS Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board is the NHS statutory body that plans and buys (commissions) healthcare services to meet the needs of approximately 2 million people living in Kent and Medway. It works as part of the Kent and Medway Integrated Care System with local authorities, NHS trusts and Healthwatch to deliver joined-up acute, community, mental health and primary care services and oversee functions such as primary care commissioning, medicines optimisation, safeguarding, equality and diversity, information governance, and engagement with local health and care partners.

Product overview

NHS Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board (ICB) is an NHS statutory body responsible for planning and buying (commissioning) healthcare services for approximately 2 million people in Kent and Medway. Rather than operating as a technology products company, the ICB functions as a public health commissioning organization that provides governance, transparency, and accountability frameworks for healthcare services. The ICB's activities include primary care commissioning, medicines optimisation, safeguarding, equality and diversity oversight, information governance, expenditure reporting, and engagement with local health and care partners through board meetings and public consultations. The organization does not offer commercial software products but rather provides NHS healthcare commissioning services to the local population.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• NHS healthcare commissioning for Kent and Medway Statutory planning and buying of NHS healthcare services for the approximately 2 million people living in Kent and Medway across acute, community, mental health and primary care providers.
• Primary care commissioning Commissioning of primary care services and primary care strategy for the Kent and Medway population.
• Medicines optimisation Medicines optimisation function supporting effective, safe and cost-effective use of medicines across Kent and Medway.
• Safeguarding oversight Safeguarding function to protect children and adults at risk across commissioned services in Kent and Medway.
• Equality, diversity and inclusion oversight Equality, diversity and inclusion policy and reporting oversight for the ICB and its commissioned services.
• Kent and Medway Care Record (KMCR) The electronic care record that links data held in different provider systems across Kent and Medway, enabling coordinated patient care across the health and social care system.
• Funding for care and treatments (Continuing Healthcare) Funding decisions for individual care and treatments, including continuing healthcare and specialist assessments and placements for Kent and Medway residents.
• Freedom of Information and Publication Scheme Statutory Freedom of Information service handling public requests and a publication scheme disclosing the ICB's policies, reports and frameworks.
• Shared Health and Care Analytics Board Cross-organisational analytics governance board supporting population health data use across Kent and Medway.
• Armed Forces Network Network supporting the health needs of armed forces personnel, veterans and their families in Kent and Medway.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Kent County CouncilcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLocal authority partner in the Integrated Care System, collaborating on health and social care integration, joint strategic needs assessments, and population health initiatives across Kent.
• Medway CouncilcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLocal authority partner in the Integrated Care System, working jointly on health and wellbeing strategies and social care integration for the Medway population.
• Healthwatch KentcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerIndependent consumer champion representing public views on health and social care services in Kent, providing vital feedback on patient experience and service quality.
• Healthwatch MedwaycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerIndependent consumer champion representing public views on health and social care services in Medway, ensuring community voice is integrated into service planning.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• NHS Frimley Integrated Care Board: Neighbouring south-east England ICB covering the Frimley population; a like-for-like statutory commissioner of acute, community, mental health, and primary care services within its own ICS.
• NHS Hampshire and Isle of Wight Integrated Care Board: South-coast NHS ICB with a similar coastal/diverse geography mix and comparable population size; performs the same statutory commissioning and population health management functions for Hampshire and Isle of Wight residents.
• NHS Greater Manchester Integrated Care Board: One of the largest NHS ICBs in England commissioning integrated healthcare across Greater Manchester's 2.8 million residents; shares the same statutory role, ICS model, and focus on place-based care as NHS Kent & Medway.
• NHS Devon Integrated Care Board: NHS ICB responsible for commissioning services across Devon, a population of similar scale to Kent and Medway with a comparable mix of urban and rural geographies; same statutory commissioner role and ICS-based operating model.
• NHS Sussex Integrated Care Board: Statutory NHS Integrated Care Board for Sussex with the same commissioning role as NHS Kent & Medway over a comparable-sized south-east England population; directly comparable in function, statutory basis, and ICS structure.
• NHS Surrey Heartlands Integrated Care Board: Neighbouring south-east England ICB responsible for commissioning healthcare for the Surrey Heartlands population; operates under the same Health and Care Act 2022 framework with identical commissioner duties and ICS partnership model.

Others

• NHS Providers: Membership organisation representing NHS trusts and foundation trusts - i.e. the provider side of the commissioning-provider split that NHS Kent & Medway operates within; adjacent ecosystem participant rather than a direct competitor.
• NHS Confederation: Membership body representing the whole NHS, including ICBs, trusts, and primary care networks; an enabling/influencing organisation rather than a direct peer but highly relevant to ICB policy and operating context.
• Local Government Association: National body representing English councils including Kent County Council and Medway Council, the ICB's statutory ICS partners on health and social care integration; indirect peer via the joint commissioning relationship.

Broad incumbents

• NHS England: National body that oversees ICBs and allocates NHS funding to them; comparable as the wider system owner but operates at national scale and is not itself a regional commissioner.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/nhs-kent-medway

Compliance4 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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