Our new Group Strategy has been launched in July 2025 to set the direction of NHS Humber Health Partnership for the next five years.
Group Strategy 2025-2030
NHS Humber Health Partnership came into being in August 2023. This Group Strategy sets the direction for our group for the next five years.
As an organisation, we have huge potential. If we can harness the skills, talents and ideas of our 19,000+ people and ensure we use every penny of our £1.6 billion budget well, we can achieve the strategic goals set out in this document:
- Our patients get the best care
- Our people feel proud to work here
- Our population live more years in good health
Strategy on a Page 2025-2030
In five years, we will be one of the leading hospital groups in the UK, delivering safe, sustainable and inclusive healthcare services.
This is a quick one-pager on how we’re going to do it.
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The NHS must shift from analogue to digital and we’re ready to meet that challenge.
Over 600 staff helped shape this strategy. Their message was clear: get the basics right. That means fixing our digital foundations and making everyday systems work better for patients and staff.
But real transformation goes further. We need to change how we deliver care, work together across services, and make the most of technology and data – especially as pressures grow.
This strategy sets out what we’ll fix, how we’ll measure progress, and how everyone can play a part. Digital is everyone’s business and together, we can build a better future.
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Our people are our greatest strength. This strategy puts compassionate leadership and a values-based culture at the heart of everything we do – because when we care for our people, they can provide outstanding care for our patients.
We are committed to creating a workplace where everyone feels valued, included, and supported to thrive. That means investing in development, growing careers, and fostering a culture where creativity and collaboration are encouraged.
As the largest employer in the region, we also recognise our wider responsibility – to our communities, to equity, and to future generations of the health and care workforce.
Rooted in our values of Compassion, Respect, Honesty and Teamwork, this strategy is our commitment to put people first – so our staff feel proud to work here and our patients receive the best care possible.
Download the People StrategyResearch Strategy 2025-2028
Research and innovation are at the heart of how we improve health and care for the people we serve. This strategy sets out our ambition to embed research and innovation in everything we do — not as an optional extra, but as a core part of high-quality, equitable care.
At NHS Humber Health Partnership, we are proud of the scale and scope of our research. With over 700 active projects across 27 specialties, we are a leading force in the region. But it is not just about numbers — it is about purpose. We focus on the challenges that matter most to our communities, including the deep-rooted health inequalities shaped by deprivation, environment, and limited access to services. Our strategy is shaped by these realities. We are already working closely with academic institutions, regional networks, and commercial partners to ensure our research reaches further — influencing national priorities and contributing to global discovery. These partnerships allow us to bring cutting-edge treatments to patients earlier, and ensure that innovation is aligned with local health needs.
But we know we can go further. This strategy is a call to action — to integrate research and innovation more deeply into clinical care, to support staff to lead and participate in innovation, and to make research more inclusive and accessible to our communities. Whether it is rethinking how care is delivered, testing new technologies, or involving patients as co-creators of solutions, we want research and innovation to be a tool for change across our health system.
The next three years will be about delivery — building on what works, addressing what holds us back, and unlocking the full pioneering potential of our people, partnerships, and patients and population. By making research and innovation part of our daily practice, we can shape a future where care is not only more advanced, but more responsive, more equitable, and more connected to the people it serves.
Research and Innovation StrategyGreen Plan 2025 to 2028
The Green Plan outlines how the NHS will tackle climate change, the greatest health threat of the 21st century, by embedding sustainability into all aspects of healthcare. It sets out ambitions to reduce carbon emissions, build climate-resilient services, and ensure an inclusive approach that protects public health and equity.
The NHS, responsible for 5.4% of the UK’s carbon footprint, aims to achieve net zero emissions through decarbonising services, adopting sustainable care models, and improving resilience in buildings and ways of working.
Partnerships with academic institutions, research organisations, local industry, and renewable energy leaders will support these goals, enabling innovation, funding, and continued leadership in sustainable healthcare.
With the Humber region at high risk from flooding and rising sea levels, urgent climate action is essential. The Green Plan commits to embedding environmental responsibility across all operations to safeguard communities, the environment, and future health outcomes.
Download the Green PlanClinical Services Strategy 2025-2028
The NHS is constantly changing and adapting as new technologies, treatments and approaches make it possible for us to do more to enhance the lives and life chances of our patients and service users. It is important we continue to embrace the opportunities that change can bring and equip our people to adapt so they are able to provide the best possible care to our patients.
We are facing unprecedented challenges within the health and care sector. Demand for healthcare services is growing and set to grow even faster in years to come yet the resources we have available to us are not growing at the same rate. Our population is getting older, more frail and, at every stage of life, the patients we see in our organisation have increasingly complex needs. The gap in life expectancy between those living in our most deprived communities and those in our most affluent is more than a decade and our population is living for an average of 20-25 years in poor health. We cannot simply do more of the same – if we are to give our patients the best possible care, we must radically re-think how we deliver services in the future.
We have come together as a group of two hospital trusts because we recognise that together we have greater strength and stand a better chance of meeting these challenges. By working together, we can harness the unique talents of all 19,000 of our people. We can put in place more sustainable and resilient services that will deliver safe and effective care for our patients, no matter which part of the region they live in. We can use our size to leverage new digital and technology opportunities, broaden the reach of our research and academic partnerships and build a name for our organisation as a leader in innovative care delivery in rural, coastal and deprived communities.
We know we have a long way to go. We have clinical quality and safety challenges within both trusts. We are failing to meet the expected standards across a range of services and too many of our patients are waiting too long to get the care that they need.
By working together, we can meet these challenges head-on and deliver long-lasting, sustainable change. We will continue to strive for excellence, united by our compassion and shared desire to make a difference in the lives of our people and communities.
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