Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals
Renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing equitable, safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. We are now striving towards becoming an outstanding group of hospitals.
We are safe, compassionate and efficient
In these challenging times the mission of our hospitals remains to provide safe, compassionate and efficient care for our patients.
We are Barts Health [pdf] 4MB sets out our strategic direction of travel for the next two years. It also outlines the immediate priorities we will deliver in 2023/24.
Safe, compassionate and efficient [pdf] 4MB builds on our strategic direction of travel and sets out how we will maintain quality care for patients while improving performance in challenging financial circumstances.
Our closer collaboration with Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust (BHRUT) is part of this and underpins our plans.
Read our We Are Barts Health strategic direction of travel 2023-25 [pdf] 4MB
Read our group operational plan: Safe, compassionate and efficient [pdf] 4MB
In addition to our group operational plan, we have set out how we will achieve our vision in a collection of core strategies
Our quality strategy [pdf] 7MB sets out how we will become a provider of excellent patient safety, known for consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also sets out how we will become an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together. And we outline how we will offer the best possible experience for our patients.
Read our quality strategy 2020-23 [pdf] 7MB
Read our people strategy [pdf] 12MB
We are proud that our staff work – and many live – in one of the most culturally diverse and vibrant parts of the country.
We are also conscious that east London contains some of the most deprived areas, with the biggest health challenges. It is therefore our top priority to create an inclusive organisation providing equitable services where WeBelong.
We have ambitious plans for the long-term benefit of our patients
We are redeveloping Whipps Cross Hospital and creating a life sciences centre in Whitechapel.
During the next decade we are also developing a network of specialist centres of surgical excellence so that patients get the best possible treatment.
See our designs for the new Whipps Cross Hospital [pdf] 3MB
Read about our vision for a new life sciences campus in Whitechapel
Read our plans to develop specialist surgical centres [pdf] 2MB
We have come a long way since we were placed in special measures
Our annual reports and quality accounts reflect on the progress we've made so far on our journey to good and outstanding, including how we managed the pandemic.