NHS

Question 1

NHS VALUES 1

Answer 1

WORKING TOGETHER FOR PATIENTS
Patients are always the priority

Question 2

NHS VALUES 2

Answer 2

IMPROVING LIVES
we strive to improve health and wellbeing and people’s experiences of the NHS

Question 3

VALUES 3

Answer 3

COMMITMENT TO QUALITY OF CARE
we earn the trust placed in us by insisting on quality and striving to get the basics of quality of care – safety, effectiveness and patient experience right every time

Question 4

VALUES 4

Answer 4

COMPASSION
we ensure that compassion is central to the care we provide and respond with humanity and kindness to each person’s pain, distress, anxiety or need

Question 5

VALUES 5

Answer 5

EVERYONE COUNTS
we maximise our resources for the benefit of the whole community, and make sure nobody is excluded, discriminated against or left behind.

Question 6

VALUES 6

Answer 6

RESPECT AND DIGNITY
we value every person – whether patient, their families or carers, or staff – as an individual, respect their aspirations and commitments in life, and seek to understand their priorities, needs, abilities and limits