\n The Norfolk and Waveney integrated care board, which controls health services locally, is set to be abolished as part of a major NHS shake-up.\n<\/p>\n
\n The move comes after the government told ICBs nationwide to slash their running costs in half.\n<\/p>\n
\n The Norfolk and Waveney organisation was only created in July 2022.\n<\/p>\n
\n But under the shake-up, a new ICB for Norfolk and Suffolk would be created in its place.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n
\n The changes will also see the abolition of the Suffolk and North Essex ICB.\n<\/p>\n
\n This process is already under way, with Ed Garratt currently serving as chief executive of both Norfolk and Waveney and Suffolk and North Essex ICBs.\n<\/p>\n
\n Parts of Cambridgeshire were also considered for inclusion in the new organisation, but this aspect of the plan has been dropped.\n<\/p>\n
\n It is expected that the changes will come into full effect from April next year, after which the Norfolk and Waveney ICB will cease to exist.\n<\/p>\n
\n But the proposals will come under scrutiny from councillors this month\u00a0at\u00a0a meeting of the Norfolk health overview select committee.\n<\/p>\n
\n In a report going before the committee, Karen Barker, one of the ICB’s executive directors, wrote: “Across the region we have agreed that the most workable model for ICBs in the East of England will see the current six ICBs reduce to three.\n<\/p>\n
\n “Following a period of engagement with our colleagues and our key stakeholders, as well as our ICB partners across the region, we reached a consensus around a single option, which has been agreed by NHS England.”\n<\/p>\n
\n The three new ICBs created as a result of the shake-up will be as follows:\n<\/p>\n