Our 2018-2028 Strategy - Summary Version - Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust

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Our 2018-2028 Strategy
             Summary Version
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Our 2018-2028 Strategy - Summary Version - Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
Our vision is to
be outstanding in
health outcomes
and patient and
staff experience
Our 2018-2028 Strategy - Summary Version - Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
Introduction

This is a time of significant change and transition
for Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
(NUH), the system and the wider NHS.
We have recently seen a number         We also have a number of               Ensuring our patients receive           We are determined to consistently
of organisational and leadership       challenges to navigate our way         consistently high quality, safe care    demonstrate we listen to and care
changes. This presents opportunities   through. NUH faces a significant       with outstanding health outcomes        for our patients and staff.
to reflect on the journey we have      financial challenge, we have an        and experience is at the centre of
                                                                                                                      Thank you to everyone who has
been on over the last 12 years since   ageing estate and infrastructure       all we do.
                                                                                                                      had their say and influenced our
NUH was formed and look closely        and we need to improve our
                                                                              We are very clear we need to be         strategy, including our patients,
at what is needed in the future. We    performance in a number of
                                                                              ambitious for our patients and          system partners and our staff
go into our next chapter with many     areas, including the emergency
                                                                              brave, bold and innovative moving       (including our clinical leaders).
strong foundations, recognising we     access standard, if we are to fulfil
                                                                              forward. Importantly, we must           The feedback we have received
have made some great progress in       our true potential. We have
                                                                              think differently about how we          has influenced the content of
recent years to improve patient and    workforce challenges due to
                                                                              deliver safe, high quality and          this document and will help us
staff experience and safety            national shortages in some areas,
                                                                              effective care for our patients.        to remain focused on what we
year-on-year.                          and we are committed to working
                                                                                                                      set out to achieve in the future.
                                       ever closer with our health and        Leading-edge research, teaching
                                       social care partners across            and technology is an important          This is a challenging, yet exciting
                                       Nottinghamshire to                     part of our future strategy. If we      time for NUH. We look forward
                                       respond to our growing and             are to realise our potential, we will   to working with our patients,
                                       ageing population who have             work even more closely with our         our partners and our staff to
                                       more complex health and social         full spectrum of partners, including    shape the future of health and
                                       care needs.                            our patients, those across health       social care services for the local
                                                                              and social care, academia and           communities we serve in the next
                                                                              beyond in the years to come.            decade and beyond.

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Our 2018-2028 Strategy - Summary Version - Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
About us

We have an important                                                 QMC is where our Emergency
                                                                    	
                            With 15,000 staff, we are one
                            of the biggest employers in the
                                                                     Department (ED), Major Trauma Centre
contribution to make
                            city with a central role in
                            supporting the health and                and the Nottingham Children’s Hospital
to life in Nottingham
                            wellbeing of our local population.
                            We play a leading role in research,      are based. It is also home to the
                            education and innovation.                University of Nottingham’s School
and the wider region        NUH was established in 2006              of Nursing and Medical School.
and we take this
                            following the merger of Nottingham

                                                                    	
                                                                     Nottingham City Hospital is our
                            City Hospital and Queen’s Medical

responsibility seriously.
                            Centre. We have a budget of just
                            under £1billion, 90 wards and            planned care site, where our cancer
                            1,700 beds across three main sites:
                            QMC, City Hospital and Ropewalk
                                                                     centre, heart centre and stroke services
                            House. We deliver district general       are based. This site also supports our
                            services to 2.5 million residents of     urgent and emergency care pathway.
                            Nottingham, Nottinghamshire and
                            its surrounding communities.
                            Our expertise and specialist services   	
                                                                     Ropewalk House is where
                            allows us to deliver care to 4-5         we provide a range of outpatient
                            million people from across the
                            East Midlands and nationally for         services, including hearing services.
                            a handful of services.

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Our vision and values
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We will develop our local hospital

                                                       2                                  Our Vision
services in a way that better
integrates them with community
services, and moving forward,
                                                                                  Outstanding in health outcomes
                                              Our Mission
we will ensure only patients who
need to come into hospital for                                                    and patient and staff experience.
care do so. This will enable more
patients to be treated at home or         Working together with our
closer to home in the community.         patients, staff and partners to
This means that we will be able          deliver world class healthcare,
to grow and further develop our
                                            research, education and
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specialist services to secure our
future as a leading specialist centre.
                                          training. A leading teaching
                                           hospital and an innovative
We want our values and behaviours            partner, improving the
to capture what makes working
at NUH and being part of ‘Team
                                          health and wellbeing of the                   Our Promises
NUH’ special. The standards apply
                                             communities we serve.
to all of us, are part of everybody’s
job and apply to every action we                                             Patients         People          Places
take, every decision we make and
how we care for our patients, their
family members, carers and each
other. They underpin our ability
                                                        4                  Performance        Partners      Potential
to deliver exceptional patient care
and create a great environment
for everyone who works at NUH,
                                                We Listen.
and one where we consistently                   We Care.
demonstrate to patients and staff
that we listen and we care. In              (Refresh our values                           5
2018, we look forward to working         - Summer 2018 onwards)
with our patients and staff to
refresh our values.
                                                                                 Our enabling
                                                                                  Strategies
                                                                                   & Plans

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Our 2018-2028 Strategy - Summary Version - Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
Our vision is to be
outstanding in health
outcomes and patient
 and staff experience
Our 2018-2028 Strategy - Summary Version - Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
Our promises that can make us world-class

To achieve our vision,
we will deliver six promises.

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Promise 1:
Patients
Our 2018-2028 Strategy - Summary Version - Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
Promise 1: Patients

Consistently high quality, safe care
with outstanding outcomes and
experience is our overriding priority.
What this means                                                              Making it happen: Our year 1 goals
We want every interaction our          We will change our relationship       	Benchmark our current clinical outcomes and develop a
staff have with patients to have       with patients, their families and       programme of interventions to improve performance
a positive impact on our patients’     carers so that they are empowered
                                                                             	Complete a full review of our services against the Care Quality
health and wellbeing and every         to make choices for the planning
                                                                               Commission domains (CQC) and implement any neccessary
NUH contact to add value to            and management of their own care.
                                                                               improvements to maintain a rating of ‘Good’ overall and improve
each patient’s experience.
                                       We will carefully listen to the         from ‘Requires Improvement’ to ‘Good’ for patient safety
Where ill-health occurs, we            feedback and views of our patients
                                                                                Identify services we consider ‘Outstanding’ and develop plans to
want to ensure our patients have       and their families to improve our
                                                                                achieve this rating by the CQC by 2020/21
outstanding clinical outcomes          services and learn when we fall
from being in our care.                short of the standards we and our     	Develop a programme to improve our Patient Experience metrics
                                       patients expect, and we will be
We will ensure we consistently                                                  Develop a single NUH Clinical Services Strategy to enable
                                       open and transparent where this
get the basics right and this                                                   reconfiguration of services to provide a more flexible bed base
                                       happens.
includes cleanliness standards,                                                 across QMC and City Hospital
privacy and dignity and high           We will secure our future as
quality patient information.           a leading specialised centre,
                                       growing or consolidating with
We will work towards offering
                                       other providers. We will focus
a 24-hours-a-day, seven days a
                                       on complex care and will reduce
week acute hospital service and
                                       duplicated activity and unnecessary
will create an open and just culture
                                       follow-ups that do not add clinical
of patient safety improvement
                                       value as well as procedures of
across NUH.
                                       limited clinical value.

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Promise 2:
People
Promise 2: People

Be the place people choose to work
What this means                                                                                                      Making it happen: Our year 1 goals
The evidence proves that engaged      We are a clinically-led organisation,   We will further strengthen our         	Improve overall staff engagement through clear action plans to
and empowered staff, who are          with five Clinical Divisions,           programme of work to listen to           improve our position against other acute trusts
well-trained, developed and           supported by Corporate Services,        our staff, acting on their ideas and
                                                                                                                     	Develop a robust workforce plan in line with the
well-led are more likely to deliver   and we embrace inclusivity and the      feedback to continuously improve
                                                                                                                       Clinical Services Strategy
excellent patient care.               many benefits to patient and staff      our services and the experience
                                      experience that having a diverse        of our workforce.                      	Improve retention across the Trust, specifically for
We believe that every member
                                      workforce brings.                                                                healthcare assistants
of ‘Team NUH’ has a vital part to                                             We aim to become the first acute
play in making our future become      We are investing in a new               hospital in the UK to achieve          	Develop a comprehensive career development strategy
a reality.                            leadership programme – mindful          Magnet® recognition. This is a
                                                                                                                     	Improve NUH’s reputation as a place to work and our recruitment
                                      that we have leaders working at all     symbol of nursing and midwifery
If we are to deliver Promise 1, we                                                                                     processes to reduce the number of vacancies
                                      levels of the organisation, in a wide   excellence which will provide a
need to attract and retain the best                                                                                  	Improve accessibility of training for all staff
                                      range of professions.                   platform to further meet the
people to support us to do so. We
                                                                              recruitment and retention
can only do this by making NUH        We will develop a new training
                                                                              challenges we face.
one of the best places to work and    and development programme by
becoming the employer of choice.      2020 to support new models of           Many of our teams contribute
                                      care and appropriate staff roles.       to the city in other ways, including
We want to embed strong
                                      This will include developing            fundraising, working with our
teamworking across NUH and our
                                      alternative roles such as Trainee       local schools, promoting career
health and social care systems, and
                                      Nursing Associates, Advanced            opportunities and supporting
for career, development and
                                      Nurse Practitioners and expanding       the more socially-deprived areas
leadership opportunities to be
                                      our support for apprenticeships         of the local populations we serve
available at every level of the
                                      across the organisation.                and we take these responsibilities
organisation.
                                                                              seriously as a major player in the
We will retain the best people
                                                                              city of Nottingham.
and ensure we have a fulfilled
workforce by nurturing our talent,
creating and promoting career
opportunities and valuing and
recognising our staff. We will
invest in succession planning.

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Promise 3:
Places
Promise 3: Places

Improving our estate and digitising our hospitals
What this means
Having a fit-for-purpose estate and      We are developing our future clinical     We aim to expand our neonatal
digital infrastructure is essential if   models and will listen to and engage      capacity so that fewer of our
we are to deliver high quality care      with our patients, public and staff to    smallest and sickest babies and
(and Promises 1 and 2). Yet this is      inform this. Over time, we hope to        their families have to be transferred
one of the areas in which we face        consolidate QMC’s position as our         to other hospitals, therefore
the biggest challenge with major         emergency site, where we care for         improving the experience of our
investment needed to address the         our sickest patients, and City Hospital   patients and their families.
Trust’s ageing buildings and             as the site that prioritises ambulatory
                                                                                   Our ambition is to become the
infrastructure which increasingly        and more routine procedures and
                                                                                   East Midlands hub for diagnostics.
impacts on patient care and our          operations and long-term condition
                                                                                   Knowing that delivering world-
operational effectiveness.               management. Ropewalk House will
                                                                                   class patient outcomes relies on
                                         continue to focus on Hearing
We have developed short-term                                                       access to modern medical
                                         Services, outpatients and vital
plans to address ‘today’s’ concerns,                                               equipment. We will generate a
                                         research activity in this field.
notably those about the condition                                                  surplus so we can invest in our
of our estate. We have plans to          We will aim to improve the                capital programme.
mitigate the highest risk areas. We      environment of our Emergency
                                                                                   We will be expanding our robotic
are also developing                      Department by modernising and
                                                                                   services in Colorectal and
long-term plans for ‘tomorrow’s          expanding our facilities through the
                                                                                   Thoracics. We will look to maximise
NUH’ which will involve applying         development of a new Urgent and
                                                                                   specialist and complex surgical
for and securing significant             emergency Care Centre by 2023.
                                                                                   work using the latest innovations
capital to transform our estate
                                         We will explore the validity of           across all of our surgical services.
and support the delivery of future
                                         continued dual-site working for           This will include owning at least
clinical models for both NUH
                                         a number of services by the end           eight modern MRI scanners and
and the wider system priorities.
                                         of 2018/19, including Maternity,          seven CT scanners, with a
Through this programme of work
                                         Neonates and Children’s Services          Paediatric Imaging Suite and new
we aim to right-size our estate,
                                         to assess their effectiveness to          Interventional Radiology (IR) facility
remove duplication of services
                                         inform our Trust-wide clinical            for Mechanical Thrombectomy
and reduce the inefficiencies
                                         services strategy.                        and Vascular day cases.
that this causes in many cases.

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Promise 3: Places

Improving our estate and digitising our hospitals
What this means (cont’d)                Making it happen: Our year 1 goals
We will accelerate the digitisation     	Implementation of the NUH Estates Strategy to improve building
of our hospitals by launching a           and infrastructure resilience and reduce critical infrastructure risk
community-wide ‘Clinical Portal’
                                        	Implement our plan for medical equipment replacement to
and community-wide bed and
                                          support our Promise 1: Patient objectives
‘flow’ management system. We
will also continue to deploy the        	Make progress towards becoming a Paperless Hospital and
Paperless Hospital Programme and          implement plans for a network infrastructure refresh
the roll-out of an Electronic Patient
Record throughout 2019 to support
safe, high quality clinical services.
We will invest £12 million in
replacing our Network and
Telephony Infrastructure, bringing
a step-change in speed, reliability
and security of the network to
support our increasingly
bandwidth-dependent healthcare
applications. There will also be
significant improvements (best
in class) to wireless capability
throughout the organisation for
staff and visitors and enhancements
in collaboration technologies such
as video conferencing.
We will keep abreast of the latest
advancements, and also risks in
relation to Information Governance
and data protection, including
cyber-security.

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Promise 4:
Performance
Promise 4: Performance

Consistently achieving
performance standards
What this means                                                                                                       Making it happen: Our year 1 goals
We recorded a £10.8m deficit in        Like many hospitals across the NHS,    We want to reduce unwarranted              Improve performance in areas we are not meeting standards and
2017/18 and will need to achieve       we have been unable to achieve         variations and benchmark in the            sustain this position
a balanced budget (and therefore       the 95% four-hour emergency            upper quartile nationally for Model
                                                                                                                      	Develop and implement plans to improve patient flow by reducing
get into surplus) by 2018/19.          access standard. We have               Hospital. We will also work with
                                                                                                                        unwarranted variation in service delivery
Between 2006 and 2015, we have         environmental constraints in our       our local Clinical Commissioning
recorded a break-even position         Emergency Department (ED) and          Group to reduce new to follow-up        	Achieve our financial control total
every year and made modest             have challenges maintaining flow       ratios across a number of our
surpluses. However, these              through and out of our hospital        specialties, to bring them into the
successful financial results had       due to high medical bed occupancy      national upper quartile and to
been increasingly achieved by          at QMC, resulting in inadequate        implement standardised pathways
unsustainable one-off actions and      availability of assessment beds, and   of care across a number of
non-recurring income streams           a high number of patients              specialties to improve the efficiency
which have now been withdrawn,         medically safe waiting to leave our    of the care system by reducing
resulting in a large underlying        care. There are also significant       inappropriate referrals.
deficit. Nationally we do not          medical vacancies
                                                                              With more appropriate referrals,
envisage there being additional        in ED, often resulting in extended
                                                                              we aspire to expand delivery of
funding to meet the demand we          waits to be seen and delays in
                                                                              seven-day services to some of our
expect we will face.                   clinical decision-making. We are
                                                                              elective specialties, including
                                       aiming to consistently achieve the
We have consistently been one of                                              Cancer Services.
                                       emergency access standard by
the country’s strongest performers
                                       March 2019 and are working with
for 18 weeks Referral to Treatment
                                       system partners to develop future
(RTT) and for the national
                                       urgent and emergency care models
diagnostic standard. We are
                                       with plans to build a new Urgent
consistently strong at delivering
                                       and Emergency Care Centre
seven out of the eight national
                                       in the future to address the
cancer standards. A key area of
                                       environmental and space
focus is to sustainably deliver the
                                       constraints we have with
Constitutional Standard for at least
                                       our current ED.
85% of patients being seen and
treated for their cancer within
62-days from urgent GP referral.
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Promise 5:
Partners
Promise 5: Partners

Strong system leadership & innovative partnerships
What this means
We are committed to working even        Mid Nottinghamshire. These will be      We will work closely with other healthcare providers such as University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust (UHL),
more closely with our system            provider-led functions likely to        Derby, Lincoln Hospitals, Sheffield and Birmingham to deliver outstanding care for patients in the East Midlands
partners to deliver NUH’s strategy,     undertake the most of the clinical      and further afield.
and contribute to the delivery of the   service transformation. The
                                                                                Building on our specialised service portfolio, we aim to secure our future as a leading specialised centre by:
system’s strategy. Our partners are     integrated system goals will be based
our patients, their carers, our local   on ambitions to reduce demand on        	Maintaining excellence in areas we have considerable Research and Innovation strengths or focus within our
community, our health and social        our hospitals by redesigning primary      Biomedical Research Centre, and also across the breadth of our specialised service portfolio (e.g. Digestive
care partners and those in academia,    and community services.                   Diseases, Respiratory, Renal Services, Endocrinology, Ear Surgery Ophthalmology, Paediatric Surgery and
pharma and in other sectors.                                                      Medicine, HIV, Hep C and Haemoglobinopathies).
                                        Work is already underway with
By working together with our            Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS           	Continuing to lead and innovate our two nationally-commissioned highly specialised services,
partners, we will meet the health       Foundation Trust (SFH) where we           Lymphangioleiomyomatosis (Adult) (LAM) and Ataxia Telangiectasia Service (Children), aligned to our strengths
and operational challenges our          are working collaboratively to            in respiratory and neurology.
Nottinghamshire system faces by         develop a plan for what acute
                                                                                	Consolidating our services by working with other regional and national providers to create sustainable,
providing seamless pathways of          (hospital) care will look like in
                                                                                  patient-focussed networks of care.For example, work with University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust (UHL) to
care, improving patient flow and        Nottinghamshire going forward.
                                                                                  consolidate key specialist Children’s Services and improve the sustainability of pathways across the East
reducing the demand on health           We are exploring ways to
                                                                                  Midlands.
and care services by keeping            transform the models of care to
people healthy, not just intervening    improve or innovate patient care        	Exploring opportunities to become the main cancer centre in the region for maxillo-facial cancers by
when they are ill.                      and operational arrangements,             incorporating the workload from Lincoln as part of the nation-wide restructuring of Cancer Services.
                                        with an initial focus on the            	Further developing our role as the East Midland’s Major Trauma Centre, including the underpinning specialties
We are a key partner in the
                                        following clinical areas: Urology,        such as Cardiac Surgery, Cardiology and Vascular.
Integrated Care System (ICS) and we
                                        Neurology, Cancer, Stroke,
will work with our partners to better                                           	Developing an East Midlands hub for Neurology and Neurosciences services, supporting other centres and
                                        Radiology, Pathology, Pharmacy,
co-ordinate the Nottinghamshire                                                   pioneering a new service for Mechanical Thrombectomy.
                                        Renal, Sterile Services and Neuro-
health and care system through
                                        Rehabiliation.                          	Further expanding our expertise in specialised diagnostic areas (e.g. PET CT, Medical Genetics), working with key
strong system leadership. This will
include the development of a single                                               partners locally and nationally.
strategic commissioning function at
ICS level and the development of
two Integrated Care Partnerships
(ICP) across Greater Nottingham and

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Promise 5: Partners

What this means (cont’d)                                                       Making it happen: Our year 1 goals
We are a key partner in a number of collaborative initiatives regionally       	Develop and implement a Partnership strategy and stakeholder management plan
and need to build on this. We will progress work with the Defence and
                                                                               	Refresh the Patient and Public Involvement Strategy and stakeholder engagement plan with a focus on
National Rehabilitation Centre (DNRC) and contribute to redesigning
                                                                                 how we will involve and listen to patients, families, carers and the local population
rehabilitation services across the region. This will have benefits for staff
training and development.                                                      	Build on existing partnership foundations and deliver the actions already agreed for these key
                                                                                 partnerships
We are a key partner in the National Centre for Sport and Exercise
Medicine (NCSEM), an Olympic Legacy project, providing a focal point           	Develop and commence implementation of robust governance arrangements and a roadmap for the
for advice and guidance on sport, exercise and physical activity, injury         development of an Integrated Care System (ICS) across Nottingham and Nottinghamshire
and rehabilitation to sufferers of chronic diseases. We aim to develop the
                                                                               	Understand the future implications for NUH as part of an ICS
centre further to play a key role in driving the prevention agenda forward
with our partners at UHL, Loughborough University, University of Leicester        Develop a vision for acute services across Nottinghamshire through leadership of the
and University of Nottingham.                                                     ICS Clinical Services Strategy

We will work together with our partners to successfully implement:                Develop and implement a framework for clear decision-making for business development and potential
East Midlands Pathology network (pathology services) and East Midlands            new business opportunities
Radiology Service (EMRAD) to develop a sustainable long-term model                Identify potential NHS and non-NHS business development opportunities and develop a refreshed
for Radiology Services in the region.                                             business development strategy

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Promise 6:
Potential
Promise 6: Potential

World-class research and education
What this means
Our potential to achieve the best           As one of the largest teaching          Our ambition is for NUH to be a       We want NUH and Nottingham            Nottingham hosts one of the
quality care and outstanding health         hospitals in the UK, we are an          centre of excellence for education    to be at the forefront of research    fastest growing Life Science
outcomes can only be realised in an         organisation that embraces              and training by:                      and innovation that impacts on        clusters in the UK with 14,000
environment that fosters research,          innovation and research,                                                      international discovery and           Life Science and Healthcare related
                                                                                    	Continually strengthening
education and innovation. There is          with a strong culture of embedding                                            technological advancement that        companies. Nottingham and the
                                                                                      our training environment
overwhelming evidence that                  learning from each other and                                                  can be translated into enhanced       East Midlands has the second
                                                                                      and supporting and nurturing
patient health outcomes are better          from colleagues across the NHS                                                health outcomes for our patients.     highest cluster of MedTech
                                                                                      our learners.
in such organisations. More than            and internationally – with the                                                We are involved in a range of         companies in the UK with over
300 doctors and nurses work to              overriding aim to provide               	Developing a multi-faceted          initiatives, for example, we are      400 companies based in the city.
ensure that research and innovation         outstanding outcomes for our              high quality leadership             part of the National Genomic          Nottingham is home to BioCity,
is embedded in our routine clinical         patients and their families. NUH          programme for leaders of            project with Leicester and            one of Europe’s largest life science
practice and that research findings         has strong links to the University        a variety of levels.                Cambridge Hospitals where             business incubators. It houses
lead to continued improvements in           of Nottingham and Nottingham                                                  we will be contributing to cutting-   approximately 200 businesses
                                                                                    	Developing our new Nursing
the quality of care and the treatments      Trent University, and provides high                                           edge research to enable more          in cutting-edge industries of
                                                                                      and Midwifery Institute.
available to our patients. Last year        level expertise in the fields of both                                         effective diagnosis and treatment     advanced biopharma and medical
more than 10,000 patients took              undergraduate and postgraduate          	Developing regional quality         of diseases in the future.            technologies. In partnership with
part in clinical trials at our hospitals.   learning, playing a vital role in the     Doctor in Training passport to                                            Biocity, Medicity, Medilink and the
                                            education, training and                   ensure they are up-to-date with                                           Nottingham Hospitals Charity
                                            accreditation of doctors, nurses          their NHS Core Skill Framework                                            we aim to launch the Nottingham
                                            and other healthcare professionals.       topics without repeating                                                  Innovation and Capacity Building
                                                                                      training too frequently.                                                  Funds. These will support short
                                                                                    	Developing the inter-professional                                         term visits/fellowships between
                                                                                      educators forum and expertise                                             clinicians and industry to enhance
                                                                                      - which includes DREEAM, Trent                                            joint working.
                                                                                      Simulation Centre, Postgraduate
                                                                                      Education, building on inter-
                                                                                      professional learning and
                                                                                      development and collaboration
                                                                                      between Patient Safety Academy
                                                                                      and the Core Medical Trainee                                                                          21
                                                                                      Simulation centre.

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Promise 6: Potential

What this means (cont’d)                                                                                            Making it happen: Our year 1 goals
We will continue to expand Nottingham’s substantial research               We are one of only eight funded          	Develop an innovation plan, including
portfolio through:                                                         Hyper Acute Stroke Research                commercial opportunities
                                                                           Centres in the UK, delivering            	Agree consistent improvement and transformation
	Our partnership with the University of Nottingham successfully secured
                                                                           clinical trials of new therapies.          methodology to be used across NUH
  awards totalling £26m for the period 2017-2022 for NUH to host the
                                                                           We will build on our strong clinical
  NIHR-funded Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) and Clinical Research                                                	Develop and start implementation of a Trust -wide
                                                                           trial portfolio and high recruitment
  Facility (CRF).                                                                                                     inter-professional education and training strategy
                                                                           rates by further increasing
	Investing in globally-competitive research areas through the BRC:        recruitment to cancer clinical trials,   	Number of patients recruited to National Institute
                                                                           establishing NUH within the top            for Health Research (NIHR) studies > 14,000

 • Deafness and Hearing problems
                                                                           five of recruiting NHS Trusts in the

 • Gastrointestinal (including Liver and Pancreatic) disease               country, continuing increase the

 •M
   ental Health and Technology - to be delivered in partnership           effective integration of research
  with Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust                     within clinical care, initially across
                                                                           renal, breast and palliative care

 • Musculoskeletal disease                                                 and then across all other Divisional

 • Respiratory disease                                                     specialties and establishing a joint
                                                                           Oncology/Haematology phase one

 • A cross-cutting MRI theme (MRI was pioneered in Nottingham)             clinical trial unit and a Cancer and
                                                                           Associated Specialties (CAS) wide
                                                                           phase two/three trial research
                                                                           facility. We will also aim to develop
                                                                           strengthened partnerships with
                                                                           Pharma and our collaboration
                                                                           with University of Nottingham
                                                                           for translational research.

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Please refer to the full version of the NUH strategy and 2018/19 Annual Plan
        for year 1-3 milestones and fuller detail on our action plans.

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