Integrated Care Boards Joint Forward Plan

On Friday 30 June, Integrated Care Boards (ICBs) published their Joint Forward Plans.

These outline their priorities and strategies for the next five years.

This will be a key document for the development and delivery of health and care services including for children with SEND.

Parent Carer Forums should review the plans published by their ICBs , available here: https://www.nhs.uk/nhs-services/find-your-local-integrated-care-board/

In particular, forums should look for the following themes in the plans:

Do children and young people feature prominently in the plan
Do children and young people with SEND feature?
Do the plans for CYP with SEND reflect local needs, for example:
- Sufficient community based services to meet need (paediatricians, SALT, Ots, Physio, CAHMS)
- School nursing
The roll out of key long term plan programmes such as the Dynamic Support Register, Care (Education) Treatment Reviews, Key working
Transitions to adulthood including things such as annual Learning Disability Autism health checks, LeDeR
Recognition of the needs of parent carers and an understanding that these needs are different from other types of carers
The principles of coproduction and support for community groups and the voluntary sector (e.g. PCF’s)
Plus any other priorities that have been identified locality

For more information on the development of ICBs please take a look at the webinars and articles: