Brent Integrated Care Partnership (Brent ICP) brings together health and care organisations from across the borough. It aims to work collaboratively with all the health, care and wellbeing organisations that serve the community of Brent.
Brent ICP is dedicated to improving the health and wellbeing of residents and is committed to working with all of our diverse communities to ensure everyone’s needs are met.
We aim to place the resident at the heart of health and care services in order to tackle health inequalities together – working as equal partners and with a collective goal to improve the wellbeing of everyone in Brent.
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| Date | Link to article or other publication |
| 17 April 2024 | Brent Borough Based Partnership article on same day access |
| 29 October 2024 | Update on progress across the ICP |
| 16 May 2025 | Brent ICP Annual Report 2024 - 2025 published |
Brent Integrated Care Partnership (Brent ICP) is made up of a number of health, care and community/voluntary organisations working in partnership with the residents of Brent and the myriad of diverse communities they represent.
Below are links to the principal organisations that do the work to make Brent ICP function, although there are many others who make valuable contributions that are not listed below.
North West London Integrated Care System
Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust
Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust
Brent Health Matters (Health inequalities partnership programme)
Kilburn Primary Care Network (PCN)
Tackling health inequalities
We will work with Primary Care Networks (PCN's) and the community to try to deliver prevention and management to people in Brent that do not normally access healthcare services. Manage a patient advice line.
Mental health and wellbeing: co-design culturally appropriate awareness and training sessions with communities and VCS organisations.
Community: implement local action plans with five Brent Connect areas and develop action plans for thematic remits with statutory services. Committed to delivering at least five community events per month.
Engagement and communications: develop targeted communications assets to promote events, vaccinations and health and wellbeing offer to communities. Co-develop translated comms assets with community leaders and work with them to ensure appropriate distribution. Communicate and engage with communities through a range of channels.
Capacity development in the community: provide grants to community organisations to support health and wellbeing in the community. Work with VCS to promote health education and awareness in the community.
Social Prescribing: develop a holistic model, aligned to the emerging neighbourhood model
Children: vaccinations, oral health and paediatric hub development.
Strengthening primary care
Access: implementation of key changes to improve access, including making it easy to register and book an appointment, implementation of digital and telephony solutions, developing triaging capabilities through reception staff training, and expanding out of hours capacity.
Children and Young People: developing an effective Asthma pathway.
Community Pharmacy: increase public awareness of support available through Community Pharmacists and improve collaborative working between GP practice teams and Community Pharmacies to deliver the Community Pharmacy Consultation Service.
Integrated Working at Scale: improve collaborative working between GP practice teams, partner organisations and the community District Nursing teams to support better assessment and care for patients who are housebound with a physical healthcare need.
Population Coverage of Local Enhanced Services: providing full population coverage delivery through collaborative working by practices within each PCN.
Developing community care
Heart Failure: co-design of the Brent Heart Failure pathway with reviewed and agreed KPIs and aligned measurable outcomes to be fed into the NWL Business Case process.
Respiratory: co-design of the respiratory service specification and the launch of a COPD Case Management pilot.
Frailty: we have designed a holistic model of care for frail and complex patients, building upon best practices in Brent with a joined-up approach – implementation planned for Financial Year 23/24.
Rapid Response Hospital at Home: we will aim to provide a more person-centred care experience for individuals in their own home, avoiding the risks of healthcare-acquired infection, deconditioning and unnecessary long stays.
Rehab and Rehab and Reablement: developing a new 19 bed Rehabilitation Ward at Willesden Hospital, which fully opened on 20th March, and development of the next stage of the D2A pathway.
Integrated Neighbourhood Team Development: developing integrated hyper-local teams to support key community needs and developing a Health and Social Care Superhub Model for the five Connect areas in Brent.
Children Specialist Services: Neurodiversity Pathway, Speech and Language Therapies, and Integrated Neighbourhood Model.
Better mental health and wellbeing
Access, Demand and Pathways: Increasing access to IAPT services and in SMI Physical Health Checks through stronger collaboration with General Practice, upskilling of the community workforce and implementation of the Make Every Contact Count approach.
Employment: improve links and communication across the system (Health, DWP and Service Providers), work with employers to support more people with Mental Health issues into work, and support people with Mental Health issues to identify and apply for employment opportunities.
Housing and Accommodation: implement the new housing GP referral form to support more effective pathways, develop an integrated MH commissioning plan which meets holistic needs, prototype new approaches to working with landlords to support people with mental illness to maintain tenancies and provide better support for Rough Sleepers.
Children and Young People: co-produce a shared vision and commitment to Children and Young People in the borough, and develop clear pathways to support this. Deliver on key CYP priorities, including SEND improvement, development and implementation of local Thrive models for Brent, and expansion of Mental Health Support in Schools.
The Brent Integrated Care Partnership (BICP) is the place based health and care partnership, as set out in the Health and Care Bill 2021. The BICP works to improve health and wellbeing outcomes by targeting inequalities ensuring bespoke delivery tailored to our needs and our communities, as outlined within the Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategy.
This document sets out how the Brent Integrated Care Partnership Board (BICPB) will work to strategically direct and oversee the activity and progress in delivering the Brent Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategy and other strategic plans.
The ICP Executive Group was set up to govern Place level in Brent, under the leadership of senior directors from acute, social services, mental health and primary care sectors. Subsequently this was expanded to include membership from community services and VCS organisations.
Purpose of the BICPB
The BICP Board will set the strategic direction for the Brent Integrated Care Partnership, responding to Brent Health and Wellbeing Board (BHWB) policy framework to create system unity and clarity of purpose.
Responsibilities of the BICPB
The BICPB will focus on Brent residents of all ages, and will:
- set strategy and drive partnership working for the benefit of our local population, including the delivery plans of the Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategy through the Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA).
- provide oversight and support to the ICP Executive.
- troubleshoot system level strategic issues.
Membership (core)
The composition of the BICPB contains representatives from
- Executive level representative of all ICP partners
- Political representation (health and care)
- Voluntary and Community Sector representation (VCS)
The following organisations/departments/roles are represented as the core membership:
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Position and Name |
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Chief Executive (Co-Chair), Kim Wright |
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ICP Director and CNWL Executive (Co-Chair), Robyn Doran |
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Corporate Director Community Health and Wellbeing, Rachel Crossley |
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Interim Director of Public Health, Ruth du Plessis’ |
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Director Adult Social Care Services, Claudia Brown |
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Cabinet Member for Adult Social Care (Chair of BHWB), Councillor Neil Nerva |
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Cabinet Member for Public Health, Councillor Gwen Grahl |
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Corporate Director Children and Young People (Chair of Brent Children’s Trust), Nigel Chapman |
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Managing Director Brent ICP, Tom Shakespeare |
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Brent Borough Director, Jonathan Turner |
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Borough Medical Director, Dr. Rammya Mathew |
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Director, Central London Community Healthcare Trust, Jackie Allain |
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Deputy Chief Executive, London North West University Hospital Trust, Simon Crawford |
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Borough Director for Mental Health & Learning Disability Services, Central and North West London NHS Trust, Matthew Henshaw |
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CEO Age UK Hillingdon, Harrow and Brent, Julian Lloyd |
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CEO CVS Brent, Erim Metto |
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CEO Brent Carers, Anne-Marie Morris |
Co-opted Members
- Other co-opted members as required
Frequency
The BICPB will meet twice a year.
Quorum
A valid quorum for meetings is half of the members present. No decision shall be taken without:
- One local authority representative
- One provider representative
- One ICPEC representative
Chair
The role of the Chair is to ensure:
- BICP governance is annually reviewed, to include agreement of a shared work plan with the BHWB.
- The BICPB agrees annually updated delivery plans as required, which must include the JHWS delivery plans.
Conduct of Business
All employees and members of the Borough are required to observe the principles of good governance in the way they conduct business. Members will be required to follow the guidance within the NW London ICB Conflict of Interest Policy. All members will be required to declare any potential conflicts on the Conflict of Interest register.
To contact us please email brenthealthmatters@brent.gov.uk