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<p>The Government is committed to supporting individuals to live healthier lives and
established integrated care systems (ICSs) to improve outcomes in population health
including by tackling health inequalities. ICSs bring together a wide range of partners
to help plan and deliver well-joined up care and to ensure that population health
needs are met.</p><p> </p><p>Within ICSs, integrated care boards (ICBs) are responsible
for planning healthcare services and have a duty to reduce inequalities between persons
with respect to their ability to access health services and to reduce inequalities
between patients with respect to the outcomes achieved for them by the provision of
health services. Furthermore, when planning healthcare services, ICBs must also have
due regard to the Integrated Care Strategy. The Integrated Care Strategy is prepared
by the Integrated Care Partnership and should include measures to improve health and
wellbeing outcomes and experiences across the whole population, including addressing
the wider determinants of health and wellbeing.</p>
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