Our values and vision

At Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals (DBTH), our vision is simple but powerful:

Healthier together – Delivering exceptional care for all. 

This vision guides everything we do and reflects our ambition to deliver the very best outcomes for our patients, while ensuring our colleagues feel supported, respected, and empowered. Additionally, our strategy outlines how we aim to live up to the vision.

To help us achieve this, we’re guided by a clear set of values and behaviours, known collectively as ‘We Care’.

Our priority statements

Our values and behaviours help deliver our vision – but they’re also aligned with four clear priority areas that drive everything we do.

These priority statements are directly linked to our Trust Strategy and strategic aims, ensuring we focus on what matters most:

• Patients: We deliver safe, exceptional, person-centred care.

• People: We are supportive, positive, and welcoming.

• Partnership: We work together to enhance our services with clear goals for our communities.

• Pounds: We are efficient and spend public money wisely.

These areas help us measure progress, shape decision-making, and stay accountable to the communities we serve.

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Our values:

‘We Care‘ sets out the way we work together at DBTH. It defines how we treat our patients, visitors, and one another – and it shapes the culture we continue to build.

This stands for:

• We always put the patient first.
• Everyone counts – we treat each other with courtesy, honest, respect and dignity.
• Committed to quality and continuously improving patient experience.
• Always caring and compassionate.
• Responsible and accountable for our actions – taking pride in our work.
• Encouraging and valuing our diverse staff and rewarding ability and innovation.

These values are at the heart of everything we do – and they form the foundation of something even bigger: The DBTH Way.

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The DBTH Way

The DBTH Way builds on the We Care values, bringing them to life in how we work together across wards, departments, and services.

It sets out what good looks like at DBTH – from supporting one another, to leading by example, to always improving what we do. It’s about doing things not just with care, but in the right way, every day. It sets out expectations for what colleagues can expect of one another, and what patients should see typified by Team DBTH:

We are:

• Kind
• Inclusive
• Person centred
• Empowering
• Accountable
• Collaborative

We show:

• Attentive listening
• Integrity and honesty
• Courage and positivity

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