Part 11 E+WProperty and finance

Chapter 6E+WFinance

[F1[F2Integrated care boards]E+W

[F3223GAExpenditure on integrationE+W

[F4(1)Where the Secretary of State has given NHS England a direction under section 223B(6)(a) about sums paid to it in respect of a financial year, NHS England may direct an integrated care board that an amount (a “designated amount”) of the sums paid to the board under section 223G in respect of that year is to be used for purposes relating to service integration.

(2)The designated amount—

(a)is to be determined in such manner as NHS England considers appropriate, and

(b)must be specified in the direction under subsection (1).]

(3)The conditions under section 223G(7) subject to which the payment of a designated amount is made must include a condition that [F5the integrated care board] transfers the amount into one or more funds (“pooled funds”) established under arrangements under section 75(2)(a) (“pooling arrangements”).

(4)The conditions may also include—

(a)conditions relating to the preparation and agreement by [F6the integrated care board] and each local authority and other [F7integrated care board] that is party to the pooling arrangements of a plan for how to use the designated amount (a “spending plan”);

(b)conditions relating to the approval of a spending plan by [F8NHS England];

(c)conditions relating to the inclusion of performance objectives in a spending plan;

(d)conditions relating to the meeting of any performance objectives included in a spending plan or specified by [F8NHS England].

(5)Where a condition subject to which the payment of a designated amount is made is not met, [F8NHS England] may—

(a)withhold the payment (in so far as it has not been made);

(b)recover the payment (in so far as it has been made);

(c)direct the [F9integrated care board] as to the use of the designated amount for purposes relating to service integration or for making payments under section 256.

(6)Where [F8NHS England] withholds or recovers a payment under subsection (5)(a) or (b)—

(a)[F10it may use the amount for any purposes relating to service integration,] and

(b)in so far as the exercise of the power under paragraph (a) involves making a payment to a different [F11integrated care board] or some other person, the making of the payment is subject to such conditions as [F8NHS England] may determine.

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(8)The power under subsection (5)(b) to recover a payment may be exercised in a financial year after the one in respect of which the payment was made.

(9)The payments that may be made out of a pooled fund into which a designated amount is transferred include payments to a local authority which is not party to the pooling arrangements in question in connection with the exercise of its functions under Part 1 of the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996 (disabilities facilities grants).

(10)In exercising a power under this section, [F8NHS England] must have regard to the extent to which there is a need for the provision of each of the following—

(a)health services (see subsection (12)),

(b)health-related services (within the meaning given in section [F1314Z42]), and

(c)social care services (within the meaning given in that section).

(11)A reference in this section to service integration is a reference to the integration of the provision of health services with the provision of health-related services or social care services, as referred to in sections 13N and [F1414Z42].

(12)“Health services” means services provided as part of the health service in England.]]