Our Strategy

Welcome to our OUH Strategy which we use to guide our priorities and decisions.

Strategy 2020-2025

Our Strategy 2020-2025 (pdf, 6 MB)

Strategic Framework

Building on the previous Trust Strategy 2020-2025, achievement of our vision - to be an exemplar in healthcare delivery that is compassionate and enabled by the highest levels of research and innovation - remains centred on our OUH values and is underpinned by four strategic pillars, and aligns to our Clinical Strategy.

Our Strategic Framework (pdf, 366 KB)

Our Strategic Objectives

Our four strategic pillars are the building blocks of all that we can achieve together - these are People, Patient care, Performance and Partnerships.

Our Strategic Objectives are:

To make OUH a great place to work that promotes equality, diversity and inclusion, encourages talent development, and enables the freedom to speak up without fear of futility or detriment
To create a culture of continuous improvement in all that we do and to deliver the highest quality, safe care, underpinned by research and innovation
To consistently achieve all operational performance standards and financial sustainability
To make effective use of our digital capability to enhance patient care and staff efficiency, and productivity
To have an estate that meets the highest levels of regulatory compliance and enhances our offer for patient care and staff wellbeing by adopting novel ideas and methods that embrace the sustainability goals
To work in partnership at Place and System level for the benefit of our patients and populations with effective collaboration to reduce health inequalities and fulfil our role as an anchor institution

Shaping our Future

Trust Strategy 2026 - 2031

We are developing our new Trust Strategy for 2026 - 2031, building on our ambition to deliver compassionate, research-enabled care of the highest quality.

This work is also aligned with the direction set out in the UK Government's 10-Year Health Plan, 'Fit for the Future', which highlights the shift from hospital to community; from analogue to digital; and from treatment to prevention.

These principles are shaping how we plan and deliver services for the years ahead.

Thank you to everyone who took part in our recent engagement on the future of our hospital services.

The survey, which ran from October until early December 2025, is now closed, and we are extremely grateful to all our patients, carers, families, community members and partners who shared their views.

We are now reviewing all the feedback in detail, and your insights will play a key role in shaping the development of the Trust Strategy. We look forward to updating you soon on how this collective input is informing our next steps.

If you would still like to contribute or ask a question, please get in touch with the team.

Email: strategy@ouh.nhs.uk

We welcome ongoing involvement from our patients, communities and partners as we shape the future together.