Strategies and Plans
Delivering our vision
We are proud of what we achieved in the past year – eliminating long waits for routine operations, speeding up the diagnosis and treatment of cancer, reducing our reliance on temporary staffing, and balancing the books.
With you for every moment
From diagnosis to recovery, we will provide seamless, innovative, and equitable hospital care
We’re moving towards a future that focuses on combining specialties and clinical expertise, prevents ill health, embraces digital innovation, and expands our care closer to home. Aligned with national NHS goals, this transformation puts patients first and is shaped by the experiences, insights and voices of the people we treat.
Our group priorities for 2026-2031
Striving for excellence on behalf of our patients
We are proud of what we achieved in the past year – eliminating long waits for routine operations, speeding up the diagnosis and treatment of cancer, reducing our reliance on temporary staffing, and balancing the books.
This plan shows how we will do this in the context of the long-term NHS shifts from treatment to prevention, from hospital to community, and from analogue to digital. We are also guided by our own clinical strategy to provide consistent care across our hospitals, through centres of excellence, integrated with partners in our communities. This means delivering plans across the group and integrating with partners at a neighbourhood level.
WeBelong
We are proud that our staff work – and many live – in one of the most culturally diverse and vibrant parts of the country.
We are also conscious that east London contains some of the most deprived areas, with the biggest health challenges. It is therefore our top priority to create an inclusive organisation providing equitable services where WeBelong.
Transforming our hospitals so that we are fit for the future
We have ambitious plans for the long-term benefit of our patients
We are redeveloping Whipps Cross Hospital and creating a life sciences centre in Whitechapel.
During the next decade we are also developing a network of specialist centres of surgical excellence so that patients get the best possible treatment.
Reflecting on the journey so far
We have come a long way since we were placed in special measures
Our annual reports and quality accounts reflect on the progress we’ve made so far on our journey to good and outstanding, including how we responded to Covid-19 [pdf] 5MB.