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Creating the new North London NHS Foundation Trust

Our two Trusts have a history of partnership working, which led to the development of a new Partnership Strategy in May 2023 and an appraisal of the best options to deliver that Strategy. This resulted in the decision in July 2023 to come together formally.

Our Strategic Case, which set out why we want to form a new Trust, was approved by NHS England in December 2023. Following this, we developed our Patient Benefits Case and Full Business Case submission to NHS England. Subject to approval by NHS England and the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, we will be a Trust, with a new name, on 1 October.

Vision  for our new Trust

Our aim is to build a new Trust that brings together the best of BEH and C&I and uses our collective capabilities to better support local people and deliver our agreed Strategy, Values and Vision of “Better Mental Health, Better Lives, Better Communities”

Our Priorities
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Values and Behaviours

We have developed a joint set of Values and behaviours to guide colleagues and develop the culture of the new Trust.

Our Values were developed through consultation with colleagues as part of our People and OD Strategy.

 

Case for Change

Our new Trust will allow us to:

Working ‘The North London Way’

Our new Trust will look and feel different from the current Partnership in many ways.

We have recently launched ‘The North London Way’ – our approach to winning the The North hearts and minds of our people.

  • Focus on communication, creating connections, celebrating successes, and fostering a sense of pride

  • Take the ‘best from both’, while weaving in new, innovative elements that sets our future position apart

  • Launch a range of events to build enthusiasm amongst our stakeholders and provide clarity of identity for the new Trust

Key Benefits

  • Integration will support quality of care and patient safety as we will be working at scale across the five boroughs, standardising best practice across NCL
  • We will have a single bed base with an ambition to eliminate Out Of Area placements
  • Ability to deploy staff with agility to meet changes in demand for our services
  • Strengthens our financial position and delivers a 9% return on investment

Nine key changes that will benefit our patients:

  • Integration will support quality of care and patient safety as we will be working at scale across the five boroughs, standardising best practice across NCL
  • We will have a single bed base with an ambition to eliminate Out Of Area placements
  • Ability to deploy staff with agility to meet changes in demand for our services
  • Strengthens our financial position and delivers a 9% return on investment

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