On the 1st of July 2022, the Black Country Integrated Care System (ICS) was formed and within it the NHS Black Country Integrated Care Board (ICB) and Black Country Integrated Care Partnership (ICP).

Our ICS, known as Healthier Futures, brings providers and commissioners of NHS services together with local authorities and other local partners to plan and deliver joined up health and care services, and to improve the lives of people who live and work in the Black Country.

Recognising that this is new, we are hosting our next round of virtual stakeholder workshops to keep you all informed of the way that we are working together. You can find out more about our previous workshops here.

Each workshop will be focused on a theme and will be led by Jonathan Fellows, Black Country ICP and ICB Chair, Mark Axcell, Black Country ICB Chief Executive Officer, along with leaders from our local health and care partnerships.

We encourage all stakeholders to attend, including health and care staff from NHS and Local Authorities, primary care colleagues, community and voluntary sector partners, patient and public representatives.

Delivering integrated health and care in each local place

Thursday 6 October 2022 – 13.30-15:00

Attend this workshop to hear from local leaders and understand:

What do we mean by place based partnerships?
How are they formed in Dudley, Sandwell, Walsall and Wolverhampton?
What are their priorities?
What success have they had so far?

NHS providers working together to improve services

Thursday 10 November 2022 – 13.30-15:00

Attend this workshop to hear from local leaders and understand:

What is a provider collaborative?
Why are NHS providers working together?
What are they working on and why?
What success have they had so far?

Tacking local Health Inequalities

Thursday 8 December 2022 – 13.30-15:00

Attend this workshop to hear from local leaders and understand:

What do we mean by health inequalities?
What are the local health inequalities and who do they affect most?
What are we doing to tackle them?
What success have we had so far?

Virtual meeting links will be sent via email prior to each date.

For more information please email comms.blackcountry@nhs.net.

Black Country Integrated Care System (ICS) Development Workshops