Our priorities

This page summarises the trust's priorities as outlined in our Annual Plan for 2009/10. The plans were developed with input from staff and members and approved by the Council of Governors. There are two elements to the plan:

Four must do priorities

These are based directly on the feedback from service users and carers:

Support families and carers
Provide information for service users and carers
Improve care planning
Improve relationships with service users and carers

Five critical priorities for the year

Promote clinical quality
Promote social inclusion
To increase service users’ opportunities for employment (paid and unpaid), training, education and community participation
Increase access to psychological therapies
Establish common care pathways across the trust
To put in place a more standardised service and link together clinical quality, service outcomes and finance
Community provider services
Work with local commissioners regarding future provision of community health services such as district nursing, health visiting and therapies