** About Us **
Berkshire Healthcare Foundation Trust provides local specialist care for people with ongoing or complex mental health issues, substance misuse issues and some learning disabilities.
Care is mainly provided through local community teams who offer treatment and support through a wide range of services with strong links to local partnerships.
** Our Mission & Values **
As a Foundation Trust our mission is to provide first class services, to enable people to make the most of their lives.
As an organisation we:
* pursue openness, probity, accountability and value for money in our decision
making
* promote work/life balance
* respect the unique contributions our partners make, working together for the
mutual benefit of our service users and staff.
* recognise and celebrate success for patients, staff, our organisation, and
for our partners.
* value the learning from failure as well as success
* promote positive health and well-being for all.
* value all people equally, regardless of race, religion, sexual orientation,
age or professional group.
* challenge discrimination against people with mental health needs
* provide safe, accessible, effective services through multi-agency, multi-
professional working.
* promote change and accept challenge.
History Of Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
** Our History **
April 2001 Berkshire Healthcare Foundation Trust formed from four NHS trusts:
West Berkshire Priority Care NHS Trust
East Berkshire NHS Community Trust
East Berkshire Learning Disabilities Trust
Heatherwood & Wexham Park NHS Trust
This meant that for the first time all NHS led mental health and learning disability services in Berkshire were provided by a single, specialist Trust.
May 2007 We gained authorisation as a Foundation Trust after months of detailed testing by Monitor, the independent regulator of Foundation Trusts.
October 2007 We gained excellent rating from the Healthcare Commission: and received a Mark of Excellence for the quality of our services and ‘good’ for our use of resources. This made us the highest performing mental health trust in the South Central and South East Coast areas.
April 2011 On 8 April 2011, Berkshire East and Berkshire West Community Health Services became part of Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. This means that we can now treat patients holistically and will help us improve our service to patients.
May 2007 We gained authorisation as a Foundation Trust after months of detailed testing by Monitor, the independent regulator of Foundation Trusts.
October 2007 We gained excellent rating from the Healthcare Commission: and received a Mark of Excellence for the quality of our services and ‘good’ for our use of resources. This made us the highest performing mental health trust in the South Central and South East Coast areas.
April 2011 On 8 April 2011, Berkshire East and Berkshire West Community Health Services became part of Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. This means that we can now treat patients holistically and will help us improve our service to patients.
