Corporate information – Our vision and values

Our vision, values and strategic objectives

We have been engaging with colleagues across and beyond the Trust over the last 12 months to review our strategy for 2025-30, including our purpose, vision, strategic objectives, and values.

Through doing so, we have been co-developing a clear narrative to help people understand the Trust’s focus and direction whilst building engagement and shared ownership amongst colleagues, and ensuring that we remain aligned to national, ICS and Foundation Group strategies and priorities.

Who we are:

We are experts in healthcare services. Dedicated to improving the health of our population, we provide joined up services with partners that meet everyone’s needs, nearer to home.

Our purpose is why we exist:

• Helping people to live healthier, more fulfilling lives.

Our mission is what we do every day:

• Being the best team we can be for our patients, each other and partners.

Our vision is where we want to get to:

• Everyone is proud of the difference we make. We are more than a hospital; we
  bring care together for people.

Our strategic priorities describe how we will get there:

• People – nurturing a culture people want to be part of.
• Patients – meeting the needs of our patients and communities.
• Collaboration – building strong connections and pathways.
• Excellence – focusing on continuous improvement.
• Effectiveness – enhancing our efficiency and effectiveness.

Our values

These are underpinned by our values which are what we believe in. They guide everything that we do and help to keep us connected to each other, our patients and our community. In 2024/25 we launched a major staff engagement programme to develop a new set of Trust values.

Hundreds of colleagues from wards and departments in all parts of our hospitals had their say in shaping these values and the behaviours which underpin them.

Our values are:

• Being open and honest – we all communicate clearly and honestly, asking for
  help when we need it and making it easier for the people around us to share
  ideas and concerns
• Ensuring people feel cared for – we all take responsibility for actively supporting
  and nurturing a kind and compassionate environment for ourselves and others
• Showing respect for everyone – we all act with consideration and fairness,
  valuing each other as individuals and appreciating our different perspectives.

Our improvement methodology is key to delivering our strategic objectives. It empowers and equips our teams with the skills, tools, techniques, and mind-set to drive continuous improvement in every part of our Trust with:

• A shared method for identifying and seizing every opportunity to improve the quality
  and safety of care we provide.
• A common language to describe those improvements.
• Robust ways of measuring the improvements we have made and the benefits that
  have delivered in terms of patient experience and outcomes; staff morale; efficiency
  and waste reduction; organisational reputation.