Our strategies and plans

Our Five-Year Strategic Plan 2021-2025

We've achieved a lot over the last five years. The opening of Clatterbridge Cancer Centre - Liverpool in June 2020 was the culmination of the ambitions we set ourselves for expanding and transforming services with a major new specialist cancer hospital in the heart of Liverpool, and by further embedding our unique networked model of care.

Now it's time to look ahead to the next five years with a new statement of our mission for 2021-2025 and a strategic plan that sets out how we will achieve it.

You can read the full and summary versions of our strategic plan, along with a short briefing that includes some of the key highlights.


Our mission

Drive improved outcomes and experience through our unique network of specialist cancer care across Cheshire and Merseyside.

To achieve this mission, our plans focus on six strategic priorities:

  • Be outstanding - deliver safe, high-quality care and outstanding operational and financial performance
  • Be collaborative - Drive better outcomes for cancer patients, working with our partners across our unique network of care
  • Be a great place to work - Attract, develop and retain a highly-skilled, motivated and inclusive workforce to deliver the best care
  • Be research leaders - Be leaders in cancer research to improve outcomes for patients now and in the future
  • Be digital - Deliver digitally-transformed services, empowering patients and staff
  • Be innovative - Be enterprising and innovative, exploring opportunities that improve or support patient care.

Progress with our Five Year Strategic Plan

You can see the latest progress with our plans in the Five Year Strategic Plan update reports that go to our Trust Board:

November 2023

May 2023

November 2022

March 2022


Our Commitment: Patient experience, engagement, inclusion & involvement 2022-2025

Our Commitment sets out our strategy for patient experience, engagement, inclusion & involvement 2022-2025.

You can read more about it and download a copy in the For Patients section of our website.

Our Green Plan 2022-2027

Our Green Plan 2022-2027 sets out our strategy for achieving net zero carbon and providing services in a way that is environmentally sustainable and delivers social value.

Download a copy of our Green Plan Annual Report 2023.

Download a copy of the Green Plan 2022-2027.

Download a copy of our Green Plan Summary 2022-2027.

Read more on our Green Plan page.

Our People Commitment 2021-2026

Our People Commitment sets out our promise to staff and how we will attract retain and develop a highly-skilled, motivated and inclusive workforce to provide the best care.

Be Digital Strategy 2023-25

The 'Be Digital' Strategy is ambitious, it sets out how we will embrace new ways of working and find new ways to collaborate and accelerate how we deliver digitally-enabled transformation.