Together We Care – Guy’s & St Thomas’ Strategy 2018-2023 Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation We have a clear and ambitious vision: to advance health and
Trust is a very special place, with a unique history of innovation and care stretching back hundreds of years. We are guided by our values in everything we do: we put patients first, take pride in what we do, respect others, strive to be the best, and act with integrity. We have made great progress in implementing our 2014-19 clinical strategy, including opening our £160m Cancer Centre, achieving a rating of ‘good’ from the Care Quality Commission, developing our Healthcare Alliance, opening treatment centres closer to patients’ homes across south London and south east England, forming new commercial and clinical partnerships, developing new models to care for patients outside our hospitals and building our capabilities in cellular and regenerative medicine. In the year of the 70th birthday of the NHS, we are in a strong position for the future. Over recent years, our staff have worked harder than ever to meet the growing needs of our patients, deliver quality care, improve our performance, and balance our books. These bring a heightened level of urgency to the need, together, to find new ways to relate to our patients, to improve the services we deliver and to collaborate with our partners if we are to succeed in meeting those aspirations over the next period. We cannot afford to slow the pace on our plans to improve our efficiency, find new ways of working, and transform our organisation.
wellbeing, as a local, national and international leader in clinical care, education and research. Together we have identified three overall priorities for our organisation over the next five years: 1. Transforming our relationships with our patients and the populations we serve by; involving patients as partners in their own health, wellbeing and care and placing patient and public engagement at the heart of everything we do. We aim to meet their expectations of 21st century healthcare , using digital technology to improve access and services. 2. Supporting our staff to improve the way we work by investing in our staff and improving the way we work to deliver consistently excellent care and securing our finances for the future . We need to be stronger and more responsive than ever to flourish in a challenging context and to continue to remain fit for the future. 3. Building new partnerships and strengthening existing relationships , creating world class clinical academic services, developing integrated local services and accelerating the introduction of world leading advanced therapeutics, experimental medicine and medical technology.
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