Why should we become a foundation trust?

We believe that becoming a successful foundation trust will be the best way to provide excellent, high quality services in the future that our commissioners will continue to choose.

Becoming a foundation trust will help us to deliver our vision and values more quickly and effectively. Read our

We will be able to:

• give local people, service users, their carers and our staff a greater say in how our Trust is run as members and governors
• plan our services over three years or longer as a result of stronger funding contracts with our commissioners
• have more control over our finances, with the opportunity to borrow up to agreed limits and keep any surplus
• use these funds to improve buildings and services instead of having to compete for central government funding with other NHS organisations
• become better at listening and responding to the views of local people including our service users and staff.