| |  | | | |  | |  | | Core Values | | | | | St Andrew's Healthcare has a number of core values on which its philosophy is based. These are:
Each service is clinically led and managerially supported, with the maintenance of the highest quality of patient care its priority. Patient welfare is central to all decision making.
St Andrew's sets the standards for a health care environment and offers excellent therapeutic and support services in attractive settings in which patients feel they can get better.
Staff are given every opportunity to develop their professional skills through training and attendance at both internal and external conferences and seminars.
St Andrew's is an innovative organisation. It regularly pioneers new treatment approaches and has recently introduced a new key performance indicator management system.
The organisation values its staff and offers conditions of employment that maximise staff retention and encourage quality staff to join. Its ethos is about people helping people.
St Andrew's has a well-earned reputation as market leader in specialist tertiary level mental health services, offering unique packages of care and excellent clinical outcomes
Founded in 1838, St Andrew's remains a charity, and not having shareholders, is able to reinforce its financial success by reinvesting in new developments and improved patient care.
The safety of patients, staff and visitors is of paramount importance and the organisation's Care Programme Approach incorporates risk management procedures.
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