• The Health and Care Act gives CQC a duty to review and assess Integrated Care Systems (ICS’) amongst various other duties
• Kate Terroni will be giving an overview on now, what’s next and our future ambitions. We will talk through our test and learn activities and how they are informing how we move forward as well as giving a flavour of our proposed quality statements themes that we will use in our assessments 

• Understanding the challenges faced by local populations and how integrated care systems can improve coordination to tackle the place-based factors affecting health
• Building plans to best suit community health needs, embedding these strategies as a key priority for health services
• Delivering innovation and leadership within ICS transformations, sharing insights and expertise on implementing patient-focused services
• Using integrated systems to provide high-quality mental health services and efficient crisis response mechanisms to reduce the pressure on NHS services

• Examining how ICSs deliver services in accordance with the NHS agenda for improving population health
• Embedding public health and prevention targets within ICSs to align and clarify goals for good health
• Assessing the evolving needs of local and national systems for implementing population health management tools
• Developing peer support models and collaborative relationships to deliver long-term health improvements

• Working with communities to raise awareness of ICSs, ensuring that collaboration is a key part of health practices
• Developing a process of listening, engaging, and supporting care partnerships to meet people’s needs and their best interests through shared objectives
• Delivering tailored services to suit local populations and their circumstances
• Overcoming communication gaps and technological difficulties to facilitate open and transparent engagement

• Drawing on past examples of integration initiatives to highlight lessons for partnerships across NHS, local authorities, social care, and other partners
• Looking at what the evidence on collaboration can tell us about some of the factors that will shape the success of ICSs
• Understanding the value of engaging and collaborating with a wide range of partners within ICSs
• Considering the wider context and the barriers to success, particularly in relation to staffing and resource shortages

*programme subject to change without notice