The North Central London Integrated Care System (NCL ICS) is a partnership of organisations that delivers health and care services across our five boroughs: Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Haringey and Islington.
It is made up of the NHS, local councils, and voluntary sector organisations, working together to ensure that everyone has fair access to high quality health and care services at every stage of their lives.
One of 42 ICSs covering all of England, the NCL ICS was legally established on 1 July 2022 to
- Improve outcomes in population health and healthcare
- Tackle inequalities in outcomes, experience and access
- Enhance productive and value for money
- Help the NHS support broader local social and economic development
You can read more about our work to improve population health here.
Who we are
As well as five local councils and 12 NHS Trusts, the NCL ICS includes approximately 200 GP surgeries, 300 pharmacies, 200 care homes and many voluntary, community and social enterprise services providing essential care.
We are also home to internationally recognised centres of medical excellence and expertise, specialist NHS providers, and a number of renowned academic and research institutions.
Together, our five boroughs have about 1.4 million residents, and even more (approximately 1.8m) people registered with GPs in NCL.
A new approach to health and care
Our health and care needs and expectations have changed over the years. We are now living longer and many of us develop multiple health problems that need ongoing care.
There is now much more focus on preventing illness in the first place. It’s also vital that people can get the health and care support they need quickly and easily, and that everyone has high-quality experiences, treatment, and results. It’s especially important that children have a healthy start in life.
To achieve these aims, Integrated Care Systems work together to make sure that we tackle the wider causes of avoidable poor health. We pool our resources to improve the planning and delivery of joined-up services that improve the lives of local people.
Where we’re going
Working collaboratively with our residents, patients, and partners, we have developed an ambitious new Population Health and Integrated Care Strategy for NCL which reflects a significant change in approach.
You can also find out more about our plans for the next 18 months in our Delivery Plan.
Together, we are supporting local people to adopt healthier lifestyles and to take control of their own health and wellbeing. We are also looking at the wider factors that affect health including air quality, employment, financial hardship, and social connections.
We believe our ambitious Population Health and Integrated Care Strategy has real potential to transform health and care services in North Central London, helping more and more people to thrive and achieve their full potential.