How we make decisions

Our Governance Framework

Governance is the framework of rules and practices by which an organisation ensures accountability, fairness and transparency in its relationship with stakeholders, service users, management, employees, government and the community.

The purpose of our Integrated Care Board and wider governance is to govern effectively and in doing so to build local public and stakeholder confidence that their health and healthcare is in safe hands.

This fundamental accountability to the public and stakeholders is delivered by building confidence:

• In the quality and safety of health services;
• That resources are invested in a way that delivers optimal health outcomes;
• In the accessibility and responsiveness of health services;
• That the public can appropriately shape health services to meet their needs;
• That public money is spent in a way that is efficient and effective.

Governance Handbook