Personal Principles of Working

1. We are the NHS. Improving care and value for money for the patient must be at the centre of choices made. We must remind ourselves regularly.

2. Everyone is responsible for challenging the why. If the why doesn’t directly impact Principle 1 the question must be rethought with emphasis on Principle 1.

3. The decision on how long work will take will be based on the estimate of the staff doing the work not those requesting the work. The system must trust the staff producing the work. 

4. Those doing the work will engage directly with the those requesting the work.

5. The work produced must add value to Principle 1. Continuous improvement to efficiency is how we increase value for money.

6. We constantly review to ask, “Is the work still impacting Principle 1?”

      a. No – stop the work

      b. Yes – Can the work be improved?

7. The measure of our work will be the impact on principle 1. Example: Have waiting lists reduced? Has health checks for LD patients increased? etc