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<p>Integrated care systems are designed to join-up the commissioning of health, social
care services and other system partners to meet the population health needs. These
needs are assessed in the data-driven joint strategic needs assessments (JSNAs), prepared
by Health and Wellbeing Boards. Government guidance on the preparation of JSNAs states
that they should include the needs of children with disabilities and special educational
needs and disabilities (SEND) within these assessments.</p><p> </p><p>Integrated care
partnerships (ICPs) must set out how local authorities and integrated care board (ICBs)
can meet these assessed needs in integrated care strategies. Statutory guidance states
that these strategies should consider the health and wellbeing outcomes of babies,
children, young people and families and they should include a statement on how the
arrangement of health and social care services can be closely arranged with health-related
services such as education providers.</p><p> </p><p>Furthermore, to ensure SEND duties
receive sufficient focus in the ICB, NHS England statutory guidance will contain provision
for the delegation of responsibility for these duties to ICB executive leads.</p>
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