Annual Report 2010 - St. James's Hospital

mission
statement
“St. James’s Hospital’s fundamental purpose is the delivery
of health treatment, care and diagnosis as well as health
promotion and preventative services”
St. James’s Hospital is primarily a key shaper and instrument
of public policy in the health system, established through
a fusion of a number of voluntary hospitals and a single
municipal hospital. The Hospital mission derives from its core
philosophies/values and is defi ned below.
The Hospital’s fundamental purpose is the delivery of health
treatment, care and diagnosis as well as health promotion and
preventative services at catchment, regional, supra-regional
and national levels. Its service remit ranges in complexity from
secondary or tertiary level.
St. James’s Hospital is also an academic teaching hospital.
It is thus committed to the creation of an environment and
the circumstances in which education and research in the
health sciences and allied areas is possible and fl ourishes.
While preserving the primacy of patients in all respects,
the Hospital recognises and accepts its responsibilities to
a broader set of stakeholders that include government,
the public and community generally, service key purchasers,
staff and the many associated institutions in the health and
education sectors.
In the discharge of these remits, the Hospital aspires to
meet the highest possible standards and levels of effi ciency,
effectiveness and quality in all its endeavours. It is also
driven by criteria of excellence, continuous improvement
and innovation. Its services are made available equitably on
the basis of need. Finally, the Hospital is fully accountable to
patients and other stakeholders with respect to performance
over the entire range of its remit.
The Hospital is increasingly required to operate in an
environment of vertical and lateral collaboration in the
ultimate interest of its patients. It advocates and pursues the
promotion and participation of the Hospital in services and
academic health networks, both nationally and internationally,
in this context.
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