NHS partners in mid and south Essex have agreed to collective ambitions to improve and better join up the care residents experience:
- A focus on reducing health inequalities across our population.
- The delivery of local, personalised, coordinated services through integrated neighbourhood teams, managed through four local alliances in Basildon and Brentwood, mid Essex, south east Essex and Thurrock.
- To make significant progress on reducing preventable deaths from cancer, cardiovascular disease and respiratory conditions.
- Increase our work, in partnership, by providing advice and support on the following preventative activities: help to stop smoking, healthy weight and physical activity.
- Continue our work to amplify clinical and professional leadership in our system, using our Stewardship programme and leadership development opportunities. It is important that our doctors, nurses and clinical professionals have the skills and support to lead.
- Increase the amount of money we spend to help people from becoming ill (prevention).
- Use data and insight to guide where we invest to achieve the best health outcomes and results for our population.
- Have a clear shared view of the capacity we need so that we can make decisions together to benefit all patients in our local population.
- Make sure we properly invest in and support the voluntary and community sector.
- Continue to work side by side with our communities so our services work with and for them.
- Place an emphasis on equality, diversity and inclusion for our workforce and for patients.
- To learn from and build upon existing and future innovative practice.
- To consider social value in our approach (linking to our Anchor Charter).
The Chief Executive Officers of all key NHS local organisations and their respective Boards have further committed to:
- Continue to improve the quality of care.
- Investment and development of complex IT and data systems to support patient care.
- Continue to develop and improve our systems to provide the best quality care.
- Encourage staff leadership.
- Improve our System Oversight Framework rating to provide better quality and outcomes for patients.
- Improve the way we plan and deliver services and functions
- Support our workforce to learn and develop.
- Support communities to meet their needs, particularly those in vulnerable groups.
- Ensure value for money.
- Support and learn from research and innovation.
- Help frontline services to understand current health and care needs and predict what local people will need for the future.