NHS Dorset Integrated Care Board (ICB)

Integrated Care Boards (ICB) have a statutory requirement to produce an annual report and A=accounts following the end of each financial year, setting out how they have discharged their functions and duties in the previous financial year.

NHS Dorset ICB is pleased to publish its annual report and accounts for the period 1 April 2023 to 31 March 2024. The report sets out how NHS Dorset has performed during this period. It includes our vision and aims, our achievements and challenges and how we have used our resources.

We have a clear vision to take forward into 2024-25 – working together to achieve the best possible improvements in the health and wellbeing of our communities by continuing to support work which connects services with the needs of local communities and maximises the opportunities for out of hospital care whilst increasing the focus on preventative health, helping our communities to stay well and have ownership of their wellbeing.

Previous annual reports and accounts

Mental Health Investment Standard (MHIS)

As successor body to NHS Dorset CCG, we are pleased to publish the Independent Assurance Report for the CCG’s Mental Health Investment Standard compliance for 2021/22 which shows our compliance statement was properly prepared in accordance with the criteria set out in the Assurance Engagement of the Mental Health Investment.

Although the auditors confirmed that the CCG’s Mental Health Investment Standard compliance statement has been properly prepared, the audit conclusion was qualified with an “except for” statement as the CCG based its calculation of the amount of non-eligible expenditure related to dementia care in 2021/22 on historical activity rather than its 2021/22 operational plans.

The compliance statement assures NHS England that Mental Health Investment is at least at target levels. As the CCG investment using either the historical or current calculation method was higher than target levels, the auditors did not deem it necessary to resubmit the compliance statement for 2021/22 as a result of this qualified audit.