ICB Constitution
Each NHS Integrated Care Board (ICB) is required to have a constitution setting out its board membership and governance arrangements. The NHS Central East ICB Constitution was approved by the ICB board on 1 April 2026.
Read the Central East ICB ConstitutionGovernance handbook
Supplementary governance documents to the constitution, for example details of the ICB’s committees, are included in our Governance Handbook. It is a living document and will be updated as governance structures and processes are implemented, and new policies are reviewed and approved.
Contents include:
- an overview of the governance framework, including the composition of the ICB and its top-level committees
- roles and responsibilities of Board Members
- The ICB scheme of Reservation and Delegation which sets out those decisions that are reserved for the ICB and those decisions that have been delegated
- the functions and decisions map
- Standing Financial Instructions and Prime Financial Policies, setting out the arrangements for managing the ICB’s financial affairs
- terms of reference for the top-level committees
- the Petitions Scheme.