Mission and Values
The Children's Health Services District's
Mission and values
Staff of the Children's Health Services District believe and are committed to:
Our Core Purpose to serve children and young people to improve and promote their health and well being has not changed and will not change as the world around us changes.
Our Vision for the Future is for our services to be recognised nationally and internationally for excellence and innovation.
Our Mission is to help children and young people to better health and well being in service provision, education and research across hospital and community settings.
Our Core Values
- We believe that children and young people deserve the best health services that we are able to give them.
- We take ownership for our actions.
- Change is constant and we use change as an opportunity to improve and achieve excellence.
- We work to find positive and creative solutions and accept that in learning we make mistakes.
- We understand that everything we do in this organisation impacts on others and our actions must contribute to the strength of the whole.
Approach to business
The Children's Health Services District's
- devolved management structure
- use of balanced scorecard methodology and
- engagement strategies that include
- involvement of (external) District Health Council members in governance
- formal active linkages with local general practitioner groups and specialist colleges
- regular consultation with trade unions on service and organisational changes and
- a formal patient complaints and compliments systems
ensure a robust approach to governance, service delivery and development that embodies the organisation’s mission and values.
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