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Annual Report and Accounts 2012/13 - Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital

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2. Our Trust <strong>Royal</strong> <strong>Devon</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Exeter</strong> NHS Foundation Trust 35<br />

<strong>Annual</strong> <strong>Report</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Accounts</strong> <strong>2012</strong>/<strong>13</strong><br />

our '<strong>Hospital</strong> at Home' project <strong>and</strong><br />

elsewhere. This work is essential<br />

in delivering improved health<br />

outcomes <strong>and</strong> a better patient<br />

experience. In many cases, it can<br />

be delivered in a more financially<br />

sustainable way than at present.<br />

Work we are doing on the journey<br />

that elderly patients make through<br />

the health system – <strong>and</strong> finding<br />

new, more efficient <strong>and</strong> patientcentred<br />

approaches to this journey<br />

– will be critical to the RD&E in<br />

the future.<br />

3. Provide the quality care associated<br />

with the RD&E to more patients in<br />

the region <strong>and</strong> invest in new services<br />

to improve health outcomes.<br />

Already we are investing in new<br />

technologies to improve services<br />

– such as robotic surgery – <strong>and</strong><br />

working in partnership with others<br />

to enhance the healthcare offer to<br />

patients – for example, working<br />

with the University <strong>Hospital</strong> Bristol<br />

NHS Foundation Trust on thoracic<br />

surgery. We are also actively<br />

developing new partnerships with<br />

other organisations to drive quality<br />

outcomes as well as extend our<br />

service offer to other communities.<br />

We need to rethink what<br />

we do <strong>and</strong> how we<br />

can deliver it effectively<br />

<strong>and</strong> efficiently whilst<br />

providing the best<br />

possible health outcomes<br />

for our patients.

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