Our Strategy 2010-2014

The following broad and ambitious objectives will be translated into specific programmes in our business plans.

  • We will be in the top 10 globally, both clinically and academically, in the fields of: 
    • Mental health and neurosciences
    • Cardiovascular disease
    • Transplantation, immunity and inflammation linked to disease. 
  • We will build our capacity to address diseases that have a particularly large impact on our local community, but also are important on a global scale, in the areas of:
    • Childhood diseases
    • Diabetes and obesity
    • Cancer
  •  We will ensure our academic expertise is applied to all our clinical services to achieve our vision.
  • We will strengthen ground-breaking basic science research, not just in priority areas but across the biomedical spectrum.
  • We will be the most highly regarded AHSC in the UK in terms of patient experience and satisfaction, as measured by national statistics and those we will develop ourselves.
  • We will be the leading AHSC in the UK in widening access to educational and training opportunities for prospective students in all health-related fields. We will establish, in collaboration with our stakeholders, an ‘Academy of Apprentices’ to offer training opportunities to our local population in a range of health related skills.
  • We will encourage staff to take responsibility for their own continuing professional development, by developing appropriate programmes and providing them with the encouragement and time needed to undertake these. We will share these programmes with the wider healthcare community of south London and beyond.
  • We will ensure our mental and physical health services work collaboratively to treat the entire individual.
  • We will constantly seek to reduce costs and improve quality for the benefit of patient care across the partnership and the wider health and social care system.
  • We will underpin all these objectives by working with our stakeholders to build information technology and resources to support our efforts.

Follow this link for a copy of our Strategic Framework 2010-2014 or visit our Corporate Publications page.