The NHS Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes Integrated Care Board became a statutory organisation on 1 July 2022.
The Integrated Care Partnership is a joint Committee of the Integrated Care Board (ICB) and the four local Councils and is called the BLMK Health and Care Partnership. It is chaired by a local authority elected member, Cllr Tracey Stock and the vice-chair is Rima Makarem, the ICB Chair. The Health and Care Partnership has core members from NHS organisations, councils, GPs, Healthwatch and voluntary, community and social enterprise organisations.
The BLMK Health and Care Partnership meets on a quarterly basis and the meetings are held in public. It will also hold workshops on issues that affect our system and will invite experts and interested parties to these meetings.
Integrated care strategy
The Health and Care Partnership is responsible for the development and agreement of the Integrated Care Strategy for Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes. The Health and Wellbeing strategies from each of the Council boroughs and population health information will be used as a basis for the strategy.
Health and Care Partnership Members
Cllr Tracey Stock, Chair
Ward Councillor for Sandy, Beeston and Blunham, Councillor Stock has served on Central Bedfordshire Council since 2015 and is the Executive Member for Health, Wellbeing and Communities. She chairs the Health and Wellbeing Board, working with local agencies, including the NHS, to improve health and care services for residents in Central Bedfordshire.
Integrated Care Board:
- Dr Rima Makarem, Independent Chair, NHS Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes Integrated Care Board
- Felicity Cox, Chief Executive, NHS Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes Integrated Care Board
Councils:
- Cllr Louise Jackson, Bedford Borough Council
- Kate Walker, Bedford Borough Council
- Marcel Coiffait, Central Bedfordshire Council
- Julie Ogley, Central Bedfordshire Council
- Cllr Hazel Simmons, Luton Borough Council
- Cllr Khtija Malik, Luton Borough Council
- Cllr Javid Hussain, Luton Borough Council
- Cllr Peter Marland, Milton Keynes City Council
- Cllr David Hopkins, Milton Keynes City Council
- Cllr Robin Bradburn, Milton Keynes City Council
- Cllr Angela MacPherson, Buckinghamshire Council
- Vicky Head, Director of Public Health
- Sally Cartwright, Director of Public Health
Acute hospital trusts:
- Simon Linnett, Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Alison Davis, Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Community services, mental health and ambulance service providers:
- Mary Elford, Cambridgeshire Community Services NHS Trust
- Dorothy Griffiths, Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust
- Eileen Taylor, East London NHS Foundation Trust
- Emma De-Carteret, East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust
- Mike Murphy, South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust
Primary Care Networks:
- Jane Kocen, Bedford Borough Primary Care Network
- Manraj Barhey, Luton Primary Care Network
- Belinda Ekuban, Central bedfordshire Primary Care Network
- Navaneetha Rammohan, Milton Keynes Primary Care Network
Healthwatch:
- Helen Terry, Healthwatch Bedford Borough
- Diana Blackmun, Healthwatch Central Bedfordshire
- Lucy Nicholson, Healthwatch Luton
- Tracy Keech, Healthwatch Milton Keynes
VCSE:
- Sonal Mehta, Partnership Lead, VCSE
Health and Care Partnership Meetings
If you would like to ask any questions to Health and Care Partnership meetings, please pre-submit your questions three working days in advance of the meeting by emailing [email protected]
Agendas and papers for all meetings held in public will be available five working days before the meeting. It is one full PDF and once the document is opened you can click on the agenda item number and it will take you straight to the paper for that agenda item.
Upcoming meeting
14 December 2022 2pm-5pm at Borough Hall, Bedford Borough Council, Cauldwell Street, Bedford
Future meeting dates
7 March 2023 5pm-8pm at venue to be confirmed
Past meeting papers
21 September 2022- download papers
4 July 2022 – download papers