Southend University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

here at southend hospital we strive to provide high quality care for every patient, every time. southend university hospital is facing many of the same challenges as trusts up and down the country, and we recognise we have to make changes to the way we work. quality and safety is the thread that runs throughout our strategic goals placing the needs of our patients at the very heart of our organisation to ensure that we can continue to provide the best possible care and outcomes for them. we know that the best care and clinical outcomes are achieved in an environment which inspires and promotes research and innovation. this in turn offers us new ways of working to help meet the financial challenges ahead and we know to fully reach our potential we will need to work even more closely with our partners across health and social care to provide fully integrated and responsive services, whether they are delivered in hospital or in the community. we must adapt to take advantage of new opportu