Section 223GA Expenditure on integrationF1F2

Where the Secretary of State has given NHS England a direction under section 223B(6)(a) about sums paid to it in respect of a financial year, NHS England may direct an integrated care board that an amount (a “designated amount”) of the sums paid to the board under section 223G in respect of that year is to be used for purposes relating to service integration.

The designated amount—

The conditions under section 223G(7) subject to which the payment of a designated amount is made must include a condition that F4the integrated care board transfers the amount into one or more funds (“pooled funds”) established under arrangements under section 75(2)(a) (“pooling arrangements”).

The conditions may also include—

Where a condition subject to which the payment of a designated amount is made is not met, NHS England may—

Where NHS England withholds or recovers a payment under subsection (5)(a) or (b)—

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The power under subsection (5)(b) to recover a payment may be exercised in a financial year after the one in respect of which the payment was made.

The payments that may be made out of a pooled fund into which a designated amount is transferred include payments to a local authority which is not party to the pooling arrangements in question in connection with the exercise of its functions under Part 1 of the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996 (disabilities facilities grants).

In exercising a power under this section, NHS England must have regard to the extent to which there is a need for the provision of each of the following—

A reference in this section to service integration is a reference to the integration of the provision of health services with the provision of health-related services or social care services, as referred to in sections 13N and F1314Z42.

“Health services” means services provided as part of the health service in England.