What are the main aims and objectives of the NHS?

Answer 1

The NHS Foundation Trust

Our strategic aims in the three core business areas of clinical services, research and teaching are shown below, along with objectives in key supporting areas.

Our objectives are:

• To provide efficient and effective services, affordable to taxpayers and desirable to patients and referring clinicians.
• To develop collaborative and consultative research partnerships with patients, carers and the public.
• To ensure staff are enabled to provide safe, effective and high quality patient care.

Our aims are:

• To achieve a sustainable financial surplus.
• To improve the environment for patients and staff, to improve ease of access for patients and visitors and to to give the optimal configuration of services
• To ensure that the Trust has the governance and information structures, systems and processes necessary to deliver its mission efficiently and effectively.