Living The Leeds Way Introduction

Introducing Living The Leeds Way

The Leeds Way is the culture of LTHT, and sets us apart from other healthcare organisations. It is our identity, our ethos and how we work every day. Our Trust values – patient-centred, fair, accountable, collaborative, empowered – were developed as a result of a trustwide engagement programme which brought together colleagues from across the organisation. These values formed The Leeds Way.

The values that were chosen then in 2014 are still a very big part of how we work now. In fact, The Leeds Way is much admired across the NHS as a great example of staff engagement and how it has been embedded across all staff groups and departments. However, a lot has changed since 2014. Throughout 2022, we embarked on a Summer of Connecting to look again at the values and behaviours we hold ourselves to and take the opportunity to make new and timely commitments.

Colleagues were asked to come together and share their views to reflect, connect and commit to The Leeds Way. During July and August 2022, we had: • Over 10,000 contributions • 30+ face to face and online sessions led by staff, including the Board • Feedback from every staff group and CSU

There were three key themes that came through in feedback from colleagues that they felt needed addressing. We have already started to tackle some of the key issues under these headings, and you can find out more about them on the intranet page – just search ‘Living The Leeds Way’. We also simplified our behaviours to better reflect what colleagues told us was missing. Living The Leeds Way is the golden thread that holds all of us together. And it doesn’t stop here. We know that we don’t have all the answers and that we face some really big challenges, but by everyone working together we can make real changes and foster an inspiring and supportive environment. Our culture starts with us as individuals, and we can all do something to help make LTHT the best place to work. We can do this together, The Leeds Way.