FOREWORD

Each year, The Shrewsbury and Telford NHS Trust is responsible for investing over £800,000 of funding in training and education to ensure that the healthcare workforce is available in the right numbers, with the right values, skills and behaviours to meet current and future patient needs.

We believe we can meet these needs by developing a more flexible workforce that is able to respond to the changing patterns of service, embrace improvement practices and research and innovation to enable us to adapt to the changing demands of public health services. This is the organisational and cultural transformation we aspire toward.

This first edition sets out some of the work underway which has embraced cultural dimensions, improvement, information technology, research and innovation, technical and scientific discoveries.

We recognise that engagement and partnership working with stakeholders will be essential. Alongside this brochure, we are launching a stakeholder engagement exercise via the making a difference platform inviting feedback to help shape our strategy and inform our future. If you would like to contact us outside of this forum, please use our contact details on the last page of this booklet.

Thank you all who are involved in our first education prospectus and we look forward to continued engagement as we begin this transformation.

RhiaBoyode

Rhia Boyode DIRECTOR OF PEOPLE & OD