Suffolk & North East Essex Integrated Care Partnership
Suffolk & North East Essex ICP brought together the full spectrum of partners responsible for planning and delivering health and care across North East Essex, Ipswich and East Suffolk & West Suffolk .
The Health and Care Act 2022 created a statutory basis for Integrated Care Systems by creating a statutory Integrated Care Partnership (ICP) and an NHS Integrated Care Board (ICB) for each ICS. The ICP worked in the best interests of residents in Suffolk and North East Essex by bringing together the NHS, local authorities, social care providers, voluntary and community organisations, social enterprises, and other key stakeholders as equal partners to agree how to improve outcomes and experience through the integration of health and care. The Suffolk and North East Essex ICP was co-chaired by representatives of Suffolk County Council, Essex County Council and NHS Suffolk and North East Essex ICB and was supported by an ICP Director and Secretariat Team.
Following publication of the NHS 10 Year Plan in July 2025, the government confirmed that “ICPs will no longer be a statutory requirement and therefore abolished” at the same time signalling its continuing commitment to partnership working across health and care.
