Our purpose and vision
Our purpose
…is to improve the health of those who live in and around Bristol and the delivery of the services on which they rely. We act as a mechanism for change in our health and care community, and our city region.
Our mission
…remains to generate significant health gain and improvements in service delivery in and around Bristol by integrating, promoting and developing local strengths in health services, research, innovation and education.
Our shared vision
…is for those who live in and around Bristol to enjoy the highest possible quality of life and experience of care. We want our city and health and care system to be known for:
- Equality of access, experience and outcome
- Excellence of research
- Promotion of innovation
- Connectedness and collaboration
Our objectives
…are to deliver Identifiable improvements across our local health community in:
- Patient care and public health outcomes
- Equity of access, provision and outcome
- Translation of research into health practice
And to provide joint planning and coordination, including:
- Developing system-level projects such as the health data inventory project
- Developing coherent responses as a community to national initiatives
How do we achieve this?
Our operating model works at two levels.
We act in a focussed, topic-specific way, developing and supporting Health Integration Teams (HITs) designed to:
- Improve outcomes across the entire patient pathway
- Create an integrated whole health system approach
- Promote and facilitate translational research
- Ensure that successful innovations are spread
At a broader system level, the partnership acts as a platform for collaboration across the health and care system, by:
- Promoting ambition and coherence
- Bringing together local expertise, assets and talent to tackle the challenges we face and to support the priorities set by local leaders
- Drive change across our city region
