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About us

Happy Patient

Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust is an integrated organisation providing acute health care services from Torbay Hospital, community health services and adult social care.

The Trust runs Torbay Hospital as well as five community hospitals, stretching from Dawlish to Brixham. We also provide health and social care to the local population.

We have around 500,000 face-to-face contacts with patients in their homes and communities each year and see over 78,000 people in our A&E department annually. We serve a resident population of approximately 286,000 people, plus about 100,000 visitors at any one time during the summer holiday season.

We employ approximately 6,500 staff including frontline health and social care staff, such as nurses, occupational therapists, social workers, consultants, and physiotherapists who work in your home and from a range of different premises across Torbay and south Devon such as community hospitals and clinics. We also have over 800 volunteers who make a difference each and every day to the people we care for.

Our purpose

Our purpose is to provide safe, high quality health and social care at the right time, in the right place to support the people of Torbay and South Devon to live their lives to the full.

Our vision

Our vision is a community where we are all supported and empowered to be as well and as independent as possible, able to manage our own health and wellbeing, in  our own homes. When we need care we have the choice about how our needs are met, only having to tell our story once.

Our values

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  • Respect and dignity

  • Commitment to quality of care

  • Compassion

  • Improving lives

  • Working together for people

  • Everyone counts

Our objectives

  • Safe, quality care and best experience - We will deliver high quality care that is accessible, personalised and designed to maximise independence and choice.

  • Improved wellbeing through partnership - We will work in partnership with individuals and communities to support them to take responsibility for their own health and wellbeing.

  • Valuing our workforce - We will be a great place to work, an employers of choice, an organisation that actively engages with our workforce, showing appreciation of the achievements to our staff

  • Well led - We will be a high performing, learning and innovative organisation with clear direction and effective leadership at all levels.

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