Darent Valley Hospital - DGT -Trust Strategy

Introduction

Our Trust strategy is the overarching organisational strategy that describes the Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust’s vision and goals from 2020 to 2025.

The key objectives/outcomes for each strategic priority are included in the strategy. We want to ensure that our integrated performance reporting is well aligned to delivering our strategy, and that our ability to measure improvement is more effective. The strategy will inform the annual objectives for each of the five years which, in turn, influence the objectives of each Division, service and individual in the Trust. A set of Board Key Performance Indicators are proposed alongside the Trust and system-wide transformation and improvement programmes/activities that will support the delivery of these outcomes. Our staff are our most valuable asset and they are key to the successful delivery of this strategy. We are therefore keen to show our commitment to them through a comprehensive wellbeing offer, introducing greater shared governance and the development of Continuous Quality Improvement, which will provide them with the skills, capability and capacity to deliver the strategy.

Six strategic priorities are outlined and these are underpinned and closely linked to our Quality, People, Clinical, Digital and Estates strategies. These strategies have been shaped by the impact of COVID-19 on the Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust, and the national and local vision set out in the NHS Long Term Plan, NHS People Plan and Kent and Medway Integrated Care Strategy five year strategic delivery plan. The overall purpose of this strategy is to ensure that Dartford and Gravesham Trust is able to “provide outstanding care, which is skilled, trusted & kind, every time”. It provides us with a framework through which improvements in the services we offer to patients can be focused and measured for the planning, implementation, evaluation and reporting of our journey to achieving a CQC rating of “Outstanding”. Working closely with our partners, on both a local and national level, is vital to the successful implementation of our strategy. Together with our local partners, we will ensure that patients receive outstanding and trusted care in the right place, by teams that are highly skilled and are passionate about providing excellent patient-centred care. We will work with national partners including Public Health England, NHS England and NHS Improvement, to rapidly implement recommendations to ensure the ongoing safety of our patients and staff, particularly in light of the COVID-19 outbreak in 2020.

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Trust Strategy Summary