Core Values

Question 1

1st core value

Answer 1

Working together for patients - Patients come first in everything we do

Question 2

2nd core value

Answer 2

Repect and dignity - We value every person – whether patient, their families or carers, or staff – as an individual, respect their aspirations and commitments in life, and seek to understand their priorities, needs, abilities and limits

Question 3

3rd core value

Answer 3

Commitment to quality of care - We earn the trust placed in us by insisting on quality and striving to get the basics of quality of care – safety, effectiveness and patient experience right every time

Question 4

4th core value

Answer 4

Compassion - We ensure that compassion is central to the care we provide and respond with humanity and kindness to each person’s pain, distress, anxiety or need

Question 5

5th core value

Answer 5

Improving lives - We strive to improve health and wellbeing and people’s experiences of the NHS

Question 6

6th core value

Answer 6

Everyone Counts - We maximise our resources for the benefit of the whole community, and make sure nobody is excluded, discriminated against or left behind.