North London NHS Foundation Trust Strategy
Our Strategy sets the priorities for our Trust, the North London NHS Foundation Trust, which was formed on 1 November 2024 and describes how we will deliver our purpose and our vision, which are:
- Our Purpose: Working with our communities to improve mental health
- Our Vision: Better Mental Health. Better Lives. Better Communities.
Our Strategy sets out how we will:
- Provide consistently high-quality care closer to home.
- Ensure equity of outcome for all.
- Offer our workforce a great place to work and providing a supportive environment to deliver outstanding care.
- Prioritise pioneering research, quality improvement and technology.
As part of our application to become NLFT, we outlined what the benefits are for our service users and wider partners. Find out more about our Patient Benefits.
Our four Strategic Aims for the Trust
Our four Strategic Aims for the Trust are that:
- We provide consistently high-quality care, closer to home
- With our partners in North London and each Borough we will ensure equity of outcome for all
- We create great places to work, providing staff with a supportive environment to deliver outstanding care
- We will be more effective as an organisation by pioneering research, Quality Improvement and technology
Our Strategic Objectives
Our strategic objectives for 2025/26 are:
- We will improve the safety and performance of our services
- We will implement the Clinical Model for planned and unplanned care
- We will implement the North London Foundation Trust Operating Model
- We will create and nurture the North London Way for our staff
- We will implement the North London Foundation Trust Operating Model
- We will improve the efficiency and effectiveness of our Trust by reducing running costs, eliminating waste and non-value adding tasks, giving our clinicians more time to care
Read more about the annual plan and our 23 key deliverables for 2025/26
Our Trust Values
Our Trust Values create our vision for a new way of working.
- We are kind: We show empathy and compassion for one another so we feel supported and safe
- We are respectful: We treat one another fairly, with courtesy and honesty, so we feel valued and appreciated
- We work together: We work as one team across the Partnership and beyond so we feel supported, connected and better able to do our part
- We keep things simple: We make it easy to do things once, so we are clear and able to focus on doing our job well
- We empower: We seek ways to continuously improve so we feel motivated and trusted to do our best work
- We are proudly diverse: We celebrate our diversity and ensure inclusivity with opportunities open to all, so we can bring our authentic self to work