Integrated Care Boards
We are pleased to act for Integrated Care Boards around the country, as well as for NHS England, and we fully understand the growing pressure on NHS commissioners to deliver more, for less, and under ever greater scrutiny.
Our ICB clients benefit from our health and care team working closely alongside our market-leading local authority and government practice, especially in a time of movement towards greater integration across health and social care.
Our full-service expertise includes:
- Mental health and mental capacity, including applications to the Court of Protection for deprivation of liberty in the community (as a fixed fee product) and dealing with s21A challenges to DoLS authorisations.
- Public law, consultation, public inquiries and judicial review
- Governance and constitutional issues, including joint commissioning / s75 agreements with local authorities
- Primary care
- Service reconfiguration and transformation
- Procurement and commercial contracts
- Continuing healthcare eligibility and challenges (adults and children)
- Individual funding requests
- MHA s117 funding disputes
- Responsible commissioner / ordinary residence disputes
- Confidentiality / data security / information governance
- Disputes over discharge
- Duty of Candour
- Complaints
- Safeguarding
- Consent to medical treatment / best interests decisions, both for adults and children
- Mediation to avoid / resolve disputes over clinical care
- Employment, Pensions, Immigration and HR
- Real estate
- Commercial and corporate, including intellectual property.
Other health and care expertise
Our Integrated Care Board Solicitors
Accolades
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I find that Weightmans are highly professional and knowledgeable as well as being very good at making accurate assessments and providing solid advice. The team has excellent knowledge of the complex and nuanced legal frameworks we work within. Weightmans always responds with specific advice in a timely manner, no matter the complexity of the matter at hand. The firm has excellent knowledge, great communication skills and gives clear, concise and logical advice. It is always practical in how it handles very complex legal matters.
Chambers and Partners, 2026 -
From the client’s point of view, they have real depth of knowledge about clinical issues and the law and are efficient, approachable and supportive.
Legal 500 2024 -
From the client’s point of view, they have real depth of knowledge about clinical issues and the law and are efficient, approachable and supportive.
Legal 500 2024 -
Weightmans have a strong local government law pedigree with both experience and expertise to advise on a wide range of public sector issues,
Chambers and Partners 2024
