"Cheltenham and Tewkesbury Primary Care Trust will work with local partners to promote the health of our communities. We will do this by supporting the development of responsive, learning teams to ensure that high quality, equitable and integrated services are provided from an understanding of the patient's perspective."
The PCT, as a local NHS organisation brings a fresh look at the way we deliver our responsibilities, putting the key aim of improving people's lifetime health experience at the heart of the organisation. Improvement in health can only be achieved through a combination of improvements in social conditions, housing, education, employment and other factors affecting residents' lives in addition to improvements in health services. Making a difference in these areas, therefore, depends on working together with key partners and local communities.
The PCT also puts the patient experience at the centre of its work on developing services. Patients receive advice, treatment and care in a variety of settings. We encourage and facilitate team working within primary health care teams, across health services and between health and social care and support continued development in local infrastructure including training and development, computing and premises.
