Organisational structure

This webpage presents the existing organisational structure and organogram for NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board. This information has been made available to demonstrate openness and transparency of public spending, however we expect this information will change in the coming weeks as the organisation continues to develop and change the way it is structured.

It is important to note that an ICB is a statutory NHS organisation which is responsible for developing a plan for meeting the health needs of the population, managing the NHS budget and arranging for the provision of health services in a geographical area.

The ICB was legally established on 1 July 2022, replacing clinical commissioning groups (or CCGs), taking on the NHS planning functions previously held by CCGs (as well as absorbing some planning roles from NHS England). Here in Lancashire and South Cumbria our ICB has replaced NHS Blackpool, NHS Fylde and Wyre CCGs, NHS Morecambe Bay CCG, NHS West Lancashire CCG, NHS Chorley and South Ribble, NHS Greater Preston CCGs, NHS Blackburn with Darwen CCG and NHS East Lancashire CCG. Find out more about what an ICB is here.

The financial information below for each of the executive’s portfolios reflects the annualised total pay costs for all staff employed by the ICB. This covers both the organisational running/administration costs, for which the ICB receives an allocation of £32.2m per annum, and the programme costs directly associated with service delivery which are covered by the core ICB programme allocation.

Running/administration costs cover the support functions of the ICB such as finance, human resources, corporate support and contract management.   Key areas of programme costs would be medicine management, quality management, continuing healthcare commissioning teams, safeguarding, referral management and mental health co-ordinators.

Organisation development in Lancashire and South Cumbria

As you would expect with bringing together eight organisations, there has been a considerable programme of organisational development for the ICB. This includes robust and transparent processes for working with staff to establish organisational structures appropriate for the strategic priorities of the ICB across Lancashire and South Cumbria.

As an ICB, we need to look at ways in which we can use our resources more effectively. In November 2022, the ICB agreed a number of measures to tackle some our financial challenges. A restructure of the organisation has been undertaken and a number of changes continue to be made to a number of teams where these may be being transferred between NHS organisations. 

Executive team

The structure information on this page is currently being updated to reflect the changes from a restructuring of the organisation.