Like the rest of the NHS, we face significant challenges which include:
- Growing demand and more complex needs
- Services that don’t always join up
- Variations in culture and experience for staff
- Health inequalities, racism and discrimination
- Financial and infrastructure pressures
All of this shows a healthcare system where pressures, operational issues, performance and financial challenges, workforce fatigue and limited transformation are the result of a deeper mismatch between what our environment now demands and how we are organised to deliver.
Recognising this has helped us to design a clear strategy that brings our teams together, strengthens our partnerships and sets out what we must prioritise.
We cannot do more of everything so need to focus on what matters most: joining up how we deliver care, improving our culture and how we work, and strengthening clinical leadership. This strategy is designed to meet that challenge.
