Mission, vision and goals
Values and behaviours
The values of the trust form the guiding principles and behaviours of the way we do our work.
Governance
Find out about our board of directors and council of governors.
Policies, procedures and strategies
Our policies and procedures detail the way we carry out our work.
Our strategies plan for the future.
Our strategy for delivering quality
Our quality strategy for 2014-2019 sets a clear direction and outlines what the Trust expects from staff as we work towards our vision of providing excellent quality care.
Business plan
Our business plan for 2018/19 – 2020/21 sets out the actions that the Trust will take over the next three years to respond to the changing circumstances within which we operate.
Improving our services
Our service users and their carers are at the heart of everything we do and we are continuously working to modernise our services to better meet their individual needs.
- Find out here about our quality improvement system (QIS)
- See how we encourage our staff to improve our services by raising concerns
Research and development
We aim to improve the quality of care we de liver through research.
Equality and diversity
The trust is fully committed to promoting its values of fairness, dignity and respect for others.
The 6Cs
The 6Cs are six enduring values and behaviours that underpin ‘compassion in practice’, the national vision and strategy for nursing. midwifery and care staff. At TEWV we expect all our nursing and care staff to practice the 6Cs in their working lives.
Triangle of Care 
The Trust is a member of the Carers Trust Triangle of Care scheme. We follow their six principles to include and support carers.
Caring for the environment
Our legal requirements
- This is our provider licence from Monitor
- Declaration of compliance with condition G6 of the provider licence
The licence, which is issued to foundation trusts, is a tool Monitor uses to regulate foundation trusts and other NHS-funded providers under the Health and Social Care Act 2012. It sets out the obligations providers will have to meet in order to assist Monitor to fulfil its principal duty to protect and promote the interests of patients.
The Independent Regulator, Monitor, has provided a standardised framework or constitution that sets out the way the organisation must operate. The trust constitution is modelled on mutals and cooperatives, with the broad parameters in legislation but the detail is defined locally. It was developed via consultation with the public,staff, partners and stakeholders.
Bribery Act – our zero tolerance statement
Bribery is a criminal offence. Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust does not, and will not, pay bribes or offer improper inducements to anyone for any purpose; nor do we, or will we, accept bribes or improper inducements.
Modern slavery
We have a responsibility to consider issues regarding modern slavery. You can take a look at our statement on modern slavery here.
Cabinet Office: National Fraud Initiative
We are required to protect the public funds we administer. We may share information provided to us with other bodies responsible for auditing, or administering public funds, or where undertaking a public function in order to prevent and detect fraud. More information is available here.