NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board

Meeting held in public of the Board of NHS Cheshire and Merseyside

The Board of NHS Cheshire and Merseyside holds its meetings in public (but these are not public meetings). As such we do our utmost to ensure that these meetings take place in publicly accessible locations and buildings across Cheshire and Merseyside. Members of the public are welcome to attend and observe the meeting.

All Board meetings held in public are live-streamed via our YouTube channel to enable those who are unable to attend in person to observe the meeting, with recordings of these meetings also made accessible via our Meeting and Event Archive.

Meeting papers are published five days prior to a meeting.

Members of the public are able to submit questions to the Board via email. Questions should be sent to Board@cheshireandmerseyside.nhs.uk at least three working days prior to the Board meeting. 

Questions from members of the public will be responded to at the end of the meeting by the relevant member of or attendee to the Board. 

This will be subject to the question(s) raised and whether a substantial response can be provided at the meeting itself.

Questions raised that relate to specific items on the Agenda of the meeting of the Board in question will be prioritised for response on the day of the meeting of the Board.

Questions must only relate to matters within the powers and functions of the Board. It should be noted that the Board will not respond at its meetings or in a written response to questions submitted if it is deemed that this:

• relates to quasi-judicial matters (e.g. current or potential legal proceedings or consultations)
• relates to confidential or exempt matter
• is not about a matter for which the Board has responsibility
• is defamatory, frivolous, factually incorrect or offensive
• is directly about party political matters

Further details about submitting questions to the Board can be found below. Members of the public are advised to read this information before submitting a question to the Board of NHS Cheshire and Merseyside.