The strategy has been shaped through the Trust’s ‘Big Conversation’, which engaged more than 1,700 staff, service users, carers, governors, members, and partners. Over the next five years, the Trust will focus on four strategic priorities: improving the quality and experience of care, making ELFT a place where people can do their best work, advancing equity in all that it does, and strengthening prevention and earlier help.
The strategy responds to the challenges facing health and care services, including growing demand, health inequalities, and the need for care to be more connected and sustainable.
ELFT CEO Lorraine Sunduza OBE said: “This strategy has been developed with and for the people we serve. Through our conversations with service users, carers, colleagues and partners, we heard a clear message about the need for care that is more joined up, more equitable and more focused on what matters to individuals and communities. Our strategy sets out how we will work together over the next five years to improve experiences of care, support people earlier, reduce inequalities and create better outcomes for local people.”
ELFT chair Eileen Taylor added: “I am proud that this strategy has been shaped by such extensive engagement with the people and communities we serve. It reflects our shared values and ambitions, while recognising the challenges ahead. Its success will depend on continued partnership with service users, carers, colleagues, and community organisations, and I look forward to seeing the positive difference it makes over the coming years.”