From 1 July 2022, during the period of the 2022/23 Network Contract DES, Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) were dissolved and their functions were transferred to Integrated Commissioning Boards (ICBs) as the legal
entity at the heart of Integrated Commissioning Systems (ICSs).

In the event of an in-year variation to the Network Contract DES, all Core Network Practices will automatically participate in the variation unless they choose to opt out, in which case they must do so within a 30 calendar day
window from the date of publication by NHS England of the variation.

Read more – NHSE & I (1/11/22)