NHS Cheshire and Merseyside

Name

NHS Cheshire and Merseyside

Legal name

NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board

Website

https://cheshireandmerseyside.nhs.uk

Company type

Public

Founded year

2022

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Integrated Healthcare Commissioning

NAICS

Hospitals (622), Offices of Physicians (62111)

SIC

Hospital & Medical Service Plans (6324), Services-Health Services (8000), Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Government Public Health Grantmaking & Program Offices (HLAJALAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Healthcare-Linked Social Benefits Administration (e.g., Medicaid/Means-Tested Health Coverage) (BPAIAKAH), Local Public Health & Human Services Administration (BPAIACAK)

Keywords

• NHS commissioning services
• Integrated care board
• Population health management
• Public health programmes
• Healthcare data analytics

Headquarters

HQ city

Warrington

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

NHS Cheshire and Merseyside is a statutory Integrated Care Board (ICB) that plans, commissions, and funds NHS health and care services across nine local authority areas serving a population of 2.7 million people. It coordinates care across 16 NHS Trusts, 337 GP practices, 313 NHS dentists, and 531 community pharmacies, while operating population health analytics, digital data platforms, and clinical programmes such as NHS Continuing Healthcare, weight management, and Urgent Community Response services. All services are delivered free at the point of use under the publicly funded NHS framework.

Product overview

NHS Cheshire and Merseyside is an Integrated Care Board (ICB) - a statutory NHS commissioning organisation that plans, contracts, and funds local health services for a population of 2.7 million across nine local authority areas. The organisation operates as a platform-plus-programmes model, with the core ICB commissioning function supported by multiple digital health programmes including the Data into Action population health analytics platform (encompassing Secure Data Environment, CIPHA, Shared Care Record, and NHS Federated Data Platform), clinical programmes like I-CARE & Share and the Tirzepatide weight management initiative, and public health campaigns including Smoking Ends Here and Stoptober. The organisation also manages NHS Continuing Healthcare assessments, Individual Funding Requests, Prescription Ordering Direct services, and Urgent Community Response services. Multiple weight management programmes operate under the NHS banner including the Digital Weight Management Programme, Type 2 Diabetes Path to Remission Programme, and locally commissioned weight management services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board (ICB) Statutory NHS body responsible for planning, commissioning, and funding local health services across Cheshire and Merseyside, serving a population of 2.7 million through 16 NHS Trusts, 337 GP Practices, 313 NHS Dentists, and 531 Pharmacies. Services are free at the point of use.
• Data into Action Population health analytics programme that links data from general practice, community services, mental health services, hospitals, 999 and 111, NHS Digital, public/national data sets, and social care across Cheshire and Merseyside to support risk stratification and data-led care models for healthcare organisations.
• Secure Data Environment (SDE) Trusted Research Environment enabling health data to be used to improve patient care and advance medical research across Cheshire and Merseyside while maintaining data security and patient privacy.
• Combined Intelligence for Population Health Action (CIPHA) Population health intelligence platform combining data from across services to enable action on population health priorities in Cheshire and Merseyside.
• Shared Care Record (ShCR) Privacy notice, data sharing agreement and data protection impact assessment enabling coordinated direct patient care data sharing across the Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care System.
• NHS Federated Data Platform National NHS data platform privacy notices and implementation for supporting integrated care commissioning and population health management.
• NHS Continuing Healthcare (CHC) Package of ongoing care arranged and funded solely by the NHS for individuals assessed as having a 'primary health need', including eligibility assessment and care package arrangement for residents of Cheshire and Merseyside.
• Individual Funding Requests (IFR) Process for patients who may benefit from particular treatments not usually given by the NHS, considered by an independent panel including doctors, nurses, public health experts, pharmacists, NHS England representatives and lay members.
• Prescription Ordering Direct (POD) Service supporting local GP practices in providing alternative routes for patients to order repeat prescriptions, with prescribing clerks accessing medical records to verify identity and process requests.
• I-CARE & Share Effective care planning programme for the most vulnerable patients across Cheshire and Merseyside.
• Tirzepatide (Mounjaro) Weight Management Programme NHS-approved GLP-1/GIP agonist medication programme for obesity management, prescribed alongside reduced-calorie diet, increased physical activity, and wrap-around lifestyle support services. Access introduced in phased approach over 12 years prioritising patients with greatest clinical need.
• Urgent Community Response Services Services enabling people to receive urgent care in their own homes, helping thousands avoid unnecessary hospital visits. Over 62,000 people across Cheshire and Merseyside received this care in the past year.
• All Together Smiling Oral health programme distributing adapted oral health packs to children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) across Cheshire and Merseyside. Over 20,000 packs distributed to help children develop healthy smiles.
• NHS Drink Free Days App Free NHS app helping residents cut down on alcohol consumption by tracking and supporting healthier drinking habits.
• NHS Digital Weight Management Programme 12-week online behavioural and lifestyle programme supporting adults living with obesity who also have diagnosis of diabetes, hypertension or both, accessible via smartphone or computer with internet access.
• NHS Type 2 Diabetes Path to Remission Programme Programme available for adults aged 18 to 65 with Type 2 diabetes diagnosis within last 6 years and BMI over 27 kg/m2 (White ethnic groups) or over 25 kg/m2 (Black, Asian and other ethnic groups).
• NHS Diabetes Prevention Programme Programme available to adults who have had a blood test in the last year showing they are at risk of diabetes, delivered through wrap-around lifestyle support services.
• Local Weight Management Services Range of locally commissioned weight management services offering support in losing weight, varying depending on location, including services commissioned by local authorities.
• Smoking Ends Here Bold initiative by Directors of Public and Population Health in Cheshire and Merseyside to create a smoke-free future for the sub-region, launched on No Smoking Day 2025.
• Stoptober Annual campaign encouraging smokers to quit, offering a range of free quitting tools including NHS Quit Smoking app, Facebook messenger bot, Stoptober Facebook online communities, daily emails and SMS, and an online Personal Quit Plan tool.
• When a Child Dies Framework Framework developed in collaboration with The Alder Centre and Claire House Children's Hospice to equip general practice teams with tools and understanding to support bereaved families following the death of a child.

Quantifiable outcome

• 62,000+ people helped to avoid unnecessary hospital visits through Urgent Community Response services
• +2 more outcomes

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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App detail

Integration18 records

AI capability6 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

19 partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Mersey Care NHS Foundation TrustcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerICS Partner organisation involved in the Sub-Licensing process for sharing pseudonymised commissioning data within the ICS.
• Alder Hey Children's Hospital TrustcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerICS Partner organisation involved in the Sub-Licensing process for sharing pseudonymised commissioning data within the ICS.
• The Clatterbridge Cancer CentrecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerICS Partner organisation involved in the Sub-Licensing process for sharing pseudonymised commissioning data within the ICS.
• Liverpool Heart and Chest HospitalcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerICS Partner organisation involved in the Sub-Licensing process for sharing pseudonymised commissioning data within the ICS.
• Graphnet Health LimitedcoreTechnology or IntegrationData processor for Risk Stratification Data within the ICS, providing IT infrastructure for population health management.
• Agilisys LimitedcoreTechnology or IntegrationIT infrastructure supplier for Risk Stratification, supporting data-led care models.
• NHS Midlands and Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit (MLCSU)coreTechnology or IntegrationData Services for Commissioners Regional Office (DSCRO) processor for risk stratification data and commissioning support.
• NHS Arden and Greater East Midlands Commissioning Support UnitcoreTechnology or IntegrationCommissioning support unit providing data processing services for the ICS.
• DA LanguagescoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerTranslation and interpretation services commissioned to support service users with language access needs.
• Signalise Co-opcoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerTranslation and interpretation services commissioned to support service users with communication needs.
• Catholic Blind InstitutecoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerInterpretation services for visually impaired service users.
• Bradbury Fields Community DivisioncoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerServices for people with visual impairments and learning disabilities.
• NHS EnglandcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational body that commissions highly specialised health services and provides data and guidance to ICBs.
• Reed HealthcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerProvider of wrap-around lifestyle support services for patients prescribed Tirzepatide (Mounjaro) for weight management, also providing the Diabetes Prevention Programme.
• Champs Public Health CollaborativecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFormal partnership of nine public health teams in the sub-region developing public health campaigns including Simple Things, Lower My Drinking, and other health initiatives.
• Improving MecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNHS Cheshire and Merseyside's Women's Health and Maternity (WhaM) programme focused on improving women's health and wellbeing.
• The Alder CentrecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration partner in developing the Child Death Framework for general practice.
• Claire House Children's HospicecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration partner in developing the Child Death Framework for general practice.
• Local Authorities (Halton, Knowsley, Cheshire East, St Helens, Warrington, Liverpool, Sefton, Cheshire West, Wirral)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNine local authorities across Cheshire and Merseyside working in partnership with the ICB as part of the Integrated Care System.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves7 records

Direct peers

• NHS Greater Manchester Integrated Care Board: Statutory NHS ICB covering a similarly large urban population (~2.8 million) with comparable responsibilities for commissioning integrated NHS services, operating population health management, and coordinating acute, primary, and community providers across metropolitan local authorities.
• NHS Sussex Integrated Care Board: Statutory ICB with comparable scale (~1.7 million population) and identical NHS commissioning remit under the Health and Care Act 2022, operating similar Shared Care Record, federated data, and population health initiatives.
• NHS North London Integrated Care Board: Statutory ICB serving a large urban population (~1.7 million) with the same statutory commissioning functions and population health management mandate, including federated data platforms and ICS-wide partnership working.
• NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board: Geographically adjacent ICB covering ~1.8 million residents, exercising the same statutory commissioning role and running parallel population health, urgent community response, and health inequalities programmes within the North West region.
• NHS Devon Integrated Care Board: Statutory ICB with similar scale (~1.2 million population, including rural and coastal areas), exercising the same NHS commissioning and population health duties under the Health and Care Act 2022 framework.
• NHS West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board: Statutory ICB covering a population of ~2.4 million with similar ICS structure, partnership with multiple NHS Trusts, and comparable functions around population health data, urgent community response, and health inequalities reduction.
• NHS South Yorkshire Integrated Care Board: Statutory ICB with comparable urban-fringe population (~1.4 million) and equivalent integrated care system responsibilities, sharing similar challenges of health inequalities and post-industrial deprivation profiles.
• NHS Hampshire and Isle of Wight Integrated Care Board: Statutory ICB serving approximately 1.9 million residents with equivalent NHS commissioning duties across multiple local authorities, including rural and coastal populations, and analogous population health data programmes.

Broad incumbents

• NHS England: Statutory parent body and national commissioner that allocates funding to and oversees all 42 ICBs, including NHS Cheshire and Merseyside. Operates at broader national scale with overlapping commissioning and population health policy functions.
• Department of Health and Social Care: UK government department accountable to Parliament for NHS funding settlements and policy direction, sitting one level above NHS England and the ICBs. Determines the overall budget envelope and legislative framework within which ICBs operate.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/nhs-cheshire-and-merseyside

Compliance6 records

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