Foundation trusts are still part of the NHS. We will still have NHS inspections and standards to meet. As a foundation trust we will remain committed to working in line with the NHS principles of free care, based on need and not the ability to pay.
However, instead of answering to the Department of Health, when we become a foundation trust we will be accountable to you and our local communities. We will also have greater financial freedoms which give us a real opportunity to better plan your local health care services now and in the future.
We believe becoming a foundation trust is one of the first major steps we need to take to achieve our vision to be one of the country’s leading providers of integrated health and social care services.
We will work to achieve our vision over the next five years by delivering on four main aims; quality, relationships, value for money and patient experience.
Our public consultation on our plans to become a foundation trust is now over and we will be publishing a summary of responses on our website in January 2012.
To see a copy of the consultation document click here, but please do not respond to the consultation as it is now closed.
Our Foundation Trust Office can be contacted at:
Foundation Trust Office
Bradford District Care Trust
Room 2.10
New Mill
Victoria Road
Shipley
BD18 3LD
Tel: 01274 363552
Our Foundation Trust
Bite-Size Video Guides:
Q. What is Bradford District Care Trust?
Q. What does it mean to become a foundation trust?
Q. What are your plans to become a foundation trust?
Q. How do foundation trusts work?
Q. What is your vision for the future?
