To guarantee a continual focus on the prevention agenda, all Integrated Care Boards should ensure they include a public health representative, such as a public health director or public health lead. In 12 months, DHSC should conduct a review to understand the extent to which this is happening. If necessary, further steps should be taken to mandate the inclusion of a public health representative so the focus on prevention is not lost.

To guarantee a continual focus on the prevention agenda, all Integrated Care Boards should ensure they include a public health representative, such as a public health director or public health lead. In 12 months, DHSC should conduct a review to understand the extent to which this is happening. If necessary, further steps should be taken to mandate the inclusion of a public health representative so the focus on prevention is not lost. Type: conclusion | Number: 10 | Paragraph: 39 | Response status: under_consideration Government response: A national peer review offer should be developed by partners within the system, moving towards a more bottom-up, autonomous model of improvement and agreeing that this should build on learning from the approach developed by LGA . There would need to be further consideration given to how peer review