Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board (ICB)

Name

Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board (ICB)

Legal name

NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board

Website

https://lancashireandsouthcumbria.icb.nhs.uk

Company type

Public

Founded year

2022

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Healthcare Commissioning

NAICS

Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support (921), Public Administration (92)

SIC

Services-Misc Health & Allied Services, Nec (8090)

akta.pro primary industry

Public Health Policy, Planning & Governance (BPAIAJAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Healthcare-Linked Social Benefits Administration (e.g., Medicaid/Means-Tested Health Coverage) (BPAIAKAH)

Keywords

• NHS healthcare commissioning
• Integrated care services
• Population health management
• Primary care contracting
• Clinical policy development

Headquarters

HQ city

Preston

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. NHS Commissioning Budget: The ICB receives public funding allocated by NHS England to commission health services for the Lancashire and South Cumbria population. The system controls a total budget of approximately £4.5 billion. The ICB agreed a system control total deficit of £175 million with NHS England, with the ICB alone targeting a deficit of no more than £95 million. Revenue is used to pay NHS service providers including trusts, foundation trusts, primary care, and community services.
2. Better Care Fund: Pooled budget arrangements between the NHS and local authorities established to support integration of health and social care, reduce barriers created by separate funding streams, and enable joint funding prioritisation across the ICB and six local authority areas.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board is a statutory NHS body that plans and commissions NHS health services for the resident population of Lancashire and South Cumbria. Established in July 2022 under the Health and Care Act 2022, the ICB holds statutory responsibility for allocating NHS funding (system budget approximately £4.5 billion) across six local authority areas and four place-based partnerships, replacing eight former Clinical Commissioning Groups. The ICB commissions primary care, mental health, community pharmacy, acute hospital care, NHS Continuing Healthcare, and cancer services, while ensuring equitable access, reducing health inequalities, and overseeing clinical policy development.

Product overview

NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board operates as a strategic commissioner of NHS health and care services rather than a technology product company. The organisation commissions a portfolio of health services including primary care, community pharmacy, mental health services, cancer services (via the Cancer Alliance), and NHS Continuing Healthcare. Key service programmes include the WorkWell programme, mental health services for children and young people, and risk stratification analytics. The ICB manages clinical policies governing treatment commissioning, Individual Funding Requests via the National Blueteq system, and maintains four place-based partnerships covering Blackburn with Darwen, Blackpool, Lancashire, and South Cumbria. The organisation does not offer commercial software products but rather public health commissioning services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• NHS Continuing Healthcare (CHC) Package of ongoing care arranged and funded solely by the NHS for adults over 18 with a primary health need, including CHC assessments, fast track assessments, personal health budgets, and integrated packages of care. The ICB's adult health and care team has improved completion of CHC assessments within 28 days from 60% to consistently achieving the 80% target and eliminated long waits.
• Mental Health Services Mental health services commissioned by the ICB including children and young people's mental health and emotional wellbeing services, family hubs, and youth mental health initiatives in schools. Twenty new contracts have been awarded to four providers for counselling, therapeutic support, peer support, parenting support, ADHD, and online support services.
• WorkWell Programme A programme focused on supporting people to stay well and independent, acting sooner to help those with preventable conditions, and supporting those with long-term conditions across Lancashire and South Cumbria.
• Lancashire and South Cumbria Cancer Alliance Cancer early diagnosis programme hosted within the ICB that works with VCFSE organisations to increase awareness of cancer signs and symptoms, encourage screening, and reduce barriers to seeking help. Delivers the Check It. Don't Chance It campaign and a small grants programme with VCFSE partners supporting over 15,000 people and reaching over 326,000 through awareness activities.
• Risk Stratification Services Data analytics service using the Aristotle (NHS Midlands and Lancashire CSU) and Eclipse VISTA (Prescribing Services Limited) computer-based programmes to calculate which people are at high risk of unplanned emergency care, for both case-finding and commissioning purposes.
• Individual Funding Requests (IFR) Process for patients who would benefit from a particular treatment not usually given by the NHS, processed through the National Blueteq system and considered by an independent panel from inception through panel stages to final invoice matching.
• Prescription Ordering Direct Service supporting local GP practices in providing patients with alternative routes to order repeat prescriptions, with access to patient medical records via GP systems.

Quantifiable outcome

• Early-stage cancer diagnosis rate increased from 53.6% to 56.3% between March 2025 and March 2026 — the biggest improvement in England.
• +7 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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App detail

Integration9 records

Feature3 records

Partnerships

15 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Spring NorthcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Delivery partner for the Lancashire and South Cumbria Cancer Alliance small grants programme aimed at increasing early cancer diagnosis. Spring North worked alongside the Cancer Alliance and local VCFSE organisations to deliver a grants scheme targeting 29 priority wards.
• VCFSE Sector OrganisationscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Voluntary, Community, Faith and Social Enterprise organisations are key partners across all four place-based areas, involved in community-led health creation, targeted outreach, and co-production of health initiatives. Partnerships include Love Barrow Families, Healthwatch Blackpool, Revoelution, and others.
• Prescribing Services Limited (PSL)coreTechnology or Integration · 1 January 2024PSL processes risk stratification data on behalf of the ICB using its Eclipse VISTA tool to identify individuals at high risk of needing additional preventive care and to support population health management.
• Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Partnership (ICP)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 July 2022The ICP was established alongside the ICB and brings together NHS, local authorities, and VCFSE partners to support people in Lancashire and South Cumbria to live longer, healthier lives. The ICP sets the integrated care strategy and steers long-term transformation, tackling issues that require cross-organisational collaboration.
• NHS Trusts and Foundation TrustscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 July 2022Partner members on the ICB board representing NHS trusts and foundation trusts. Key trusts include University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust, Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust, East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust, and Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Trusts are contracted to provide NHS services commissioned by the ICB.
• Local Authorities (6 local authorities)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 July 2022Six local authorities within the ICB geography (Lancashire County Council, Blackpool Council, Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council, and district councils) are partner members of the ICB board and collaborate on health and social care integration through place-based partnerships and Better Care Fund arrangements.
• Primary Care Networks (PCNs)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 July 2022PCNs are collaborations of GP practices working with other health and care staff to deliver coordinated services at neighbourhood level. The ICB works with PCNs on hypertension case-finding, enhanced health checks, and integrated neighbourhood team development across Lancashire and South Cumbria.
• NHS EnglandcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 July 2022NHS England holds the ICB to account, delegates certain commissioning functions to the ICB, and provides data for risk stratification and commissioning purposes. A Memorandum of Understanding governs the relationship between NHS England (NW Region) and the ICB.
• NHS Midlands and Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit (MLCSU)coreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 1 January 2013MLCSU is an accredited Controlled Environment for Finance (CEfF) providing commissioning support including data processing for invoice validation, risk stratification (via the Aristotle tool), and subject access request handling on behalf of the ICB.
• NHS Shared Business ServicescoreTechnology or Integration · 1 January 2013NHS SBS administers a national financial system on behalf of NHS England and receives invoice data from service providers which is then processed through the Controlled Environment for Finance for invoice validation purposes.
• East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust (ELHT)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerELHT is the host for the single shared platform for digital, information, estates, facilities, finance, HR, and procurement shared services across Lancashire and South Cumbria. ELHT also received adult community physical health services in Blackburn with Darwen transferred from Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust.
• Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust (LSCft)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLSCft received children and young people's mental health services across East Lancashire transferred from ELHT. The trust received a CQC rating of 'Good' and moved from SOF 3 to SOF 2, providing mental health and community services across the region.
• University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation TrustcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThis trust moved from a system oversight framework (SOF) rating of 4 to SOF 3, taking it out of the Recovery Support Programme. It provides acute hospital services in the Morecambe Bay area.
• Jean Bishop Integrated Care Centre (Hull)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Jean Bishop Integrated Care Centre in Hull serves as a model that the ICB is seeking to replicate in South Cumbria (Barrow-in-Furness pilot), demonstrating admission avoidance through a hub where NHS, social care, voluntary, fire and rescue services collaborate to keep frail elderly people independent.
• Primary Care Networks (PCNs) — Additional ContextcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe ICB works with PCNs on key programmes including hypertension identification and treatment (increased from 60% to 72.6% treating to target), and the development of integrated neighbourhood teams combining staff from primary, community, secondary, social care, and VCFSE partners.

Scale indicators12 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Market position

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance4 records

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Profiles3 records

Funding overview

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Investors

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