Constitution & Governance Arrangements
Our Constitution
The ICB was established on 1 July 2022 by The Integrated Care Boards (Establishment) Order 2022. The constitution for the Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire West Integrated Care Board (BOB ICB) has been approved by NHS England.
The NHS Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire West Integrated Care Board (BOB ICB) Constitution sets out the arrangements we have made to meet our responsibilities for commissioning care for our patients and the principles we will operate by with our partners. It describes the governing principles, rules and procedures that we operate by to ensure probity and accountability in the day-to-day running of NHS Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire West to ensure that decisions are made in an open and transparent way with the interests of our patients and clinicians central to our goals and ambitions.
Governance Handbook
There are a number of supporting governance arrangements and documents to the constitution that are collectively known as the Governance Handbook. Links to these document are below.
Terms of Reference - Place and System Development Committee
Terms of Reference - Audit and Risk Committee
Terms of Reference - People Committee
Terms of Reference - Population Health and Patient Experience Committee
Terms of Reference - Remuneration Committee
Terms of Reference - System Productivity Committee
Scheme of Reservation and Delegation
Standing Financial Instructions
Managing Conflicts of Interests Policy
Standards of Business Conduct Policy
Communications and Engagement Strategy
Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking Statement
The BOB ICBs statement on modern slavery and human trafficking is available to view.
Healthcare Professional Feedback
There are currently different arrangements for reporting Healthcare Professional Feedback across BOB; the purpose of this is to help identify and share quality concerns with providers and the ICB.
Oxfordshire
In Oxfordshire the process for feedback has recently changed. The Datix system is no longer used to provide feedback and clinicians should now use the BOB ICB Healthcare Professional Feedback Form and send directly to the relevant service. You can copy in the Healthcare Professional Feedback team at bobicb-ox.hcpfeedback@nhs.net with any information you would like the ICB to be aware of, or if you cannot contact the service directly.
Buckinghamshire
In Buckinghamshire feedback can be given by completing this clinical concerns form and returning it to bobicb-bucks.patientsafety@nhs.net. More information about the process to report a concern is available here.
Berkshire West
In Berkshire West feedback can be provided by email as follows:
For concerns relating to RBFT gpliaison.rbft@nhs.net
For concerns relating to BHFT patientsafetyadmin@berkshire.nhs.uk
For concerns relating to SCAS (999 or 111) scas.patientexperience@nhs.net
For concerns relating to SCAS (PTS) scas.berkshireptsfeedback@nhs.net