Our vision

“To be the hospital chosen by the community for putting patients first, providing excellent, innovative and diverse services, delivering safe standards of care, all underpinned by the constant pursuit of efficiency.”

We are serious about safety and believe there is a clear link between providing safe healthcare and delivering strong finances.  We are ambitious about our future, and the above statement adapts the previous vision primarily in response to the impact of the changes to the external environment. In support of this, there are a series of key principles supporting the delivery of the vision in the years ahead;

• Safety, quality and the patient experience remain at the centre of everything the organisation does;
• The need to be serious about efficiency and business control in order to be viable in the future;
• In response to the changing landscape, continuing to develop our existing services whilst also designing and delivering new ways of working, using diversified models of care both in and out of a hospital setting;
• Partnership working forms a significant part of the design and delivery of our services; 
• Ensuring the value of the Airedale brand is retained within the community and beyond; and
• Adapting the size and shape of the workforce in response to the updated service strategy.

Overall, our vision is about an approach centred on increasing the pace of quality improvement whilst delivering significant savings.