Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust Strategy 2020-2025

Our partnerships

Our partnerships in South East London and beyond Integrated Care Systems The Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust is an associate member of the South East London Integrated Care System called ‘Our Healthier South East London’. Alongside the newly formed single commissioner, the ICS which is made up of five providers and six local authorities collectively serves a diverse population of 2 million people. The three primary aims of the ICS are:

Helping people to lead healthier and longer lives

Improving access and quality of care for everyone

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust operates the Queen Mary’s Hospital site in Sidcup, and Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust is the main acute provider there, providing elective care, diagnostics and outpatient services. Both Kings College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust operate at Queen Mary’s Hospital, providing services to the population of Bexley. GSTT Healthcare Alliance Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust is the founding member of the GSTT Healthcare Alliance allowing patients and colleagues to benefit from the skills and expertise at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust. Networks We continue to work in partnership with other clinical and administrative teams to harness skills and expertise across networks. Networks provide an opportunity to share pathways and policies, source clinical expertise, and jointly develop improvements that benefit a wider range of patients and colleagues, as well as making the best use of NHS resources. In particular, we work closely as part of the Kent and Medway Cancer Alliance and the Kent and Medway Local Maternity System to introduce the changes to these services.

Making the most efficient use of NHS funding

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health population. Within the South East London ICS, there are borough specific Local Care Partnerships. Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust serves the population of Bexley and provides a number of health services at both Queen Mary’s Hospital in Sidcup and Erith and District Hospital in Erith. The vision is that Bexley will have a ‘place-based’ system of care, in which a range of partners work together to provide person-centered care in a proactive and integrated way. This means organisations working in close partnership sharing information to fully understand the needs of the population and collaborating to manage the common resources available. of the Bexley

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Trust Strategy Summary