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Annual plan 2025-26

We have big ambitions for the next year to meet our long-term goals. We want to improve your NHS services and our Annual Plan 2025/26 sets out our direction of travel.

It is ambitious yet pragmatic while we continue to work within financial constraints. It is about dealing directly with the significant challenges of today while working towards longer-term improvement and keeping focused on quality improvement, innovation, and transforming care.

The plan outlines clear priorities and sets targets that we can measure across:

  • urgent and emergency care;
  • planned care and diagnostics (tests);
  • mental health;
  • keeping and attracting a stable workforce;
  • financial recovery.

The Annual Plan also introduces our new Clinical Care Group leadership structure. This will place decision-making closer to patients and clinicians.

Below is a summary of our priority areas. Click here to view more detail in our approved Annual Plan for 2025/26 (opens in new tab).

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