The start of any financial year is when companies set out their plans and priorities for the coming year – and 2016/17 will see us investing millions in improving our services.

Our operational plan for this year sets out where we’ll be investing to improve our services. We have allocated more than £1million to improving our emergency care services and a further £1.3million will be used to increase the number of diagnostic tests which we can carry out.

Our biggest investment, £12million, will be spent on improving planned care and cutting waiting times for treatment. We want our patients to have the right care as soon as possible, and this will help us reduce waiting lists and get our patients on the road to recovery quicker.

The plan lists our priorities to ensure we deliver high quality care, including reducing the number of patient falls and improving the management of sepsis. What’s key is that our overall vision remains the same – to provide outstanding healthcare to our community, delivered with PRIDE.

Read the full Delivering our Potential progress report, May 2016 [pdf] 742KB