All NHS foundation trusts must publish annual reports and accounts to allow scrutiny of the year's operations and outcomes. You can read our recent and past reports on the annual reports and accounts page.
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Research and innovation is an integral part of our plans at the Trust.
Being research active brings lots of positives to our organisation; research active hospitals provide higher quality care, can attract commercial and non-commercial income, and support recruitment and retention across professions. The Trust is committed to the wider benefits which being engaged in research and innovation can bring to the health of the nation and the effective working of the NHS.
View and download our Research and Innovation Strategy 2025-2028.
Our Cancer Strategy describes how we will continue to improve the quality, safety and timeliness of care; expand research and innovation; and bring diagnostics closer to patients’ homes. We are also investing in developing and supporting our skilled cancer workforce to ensure every patient receives the best possible experience.
The Trust’s overall mission is; ‘Start well, live well, age well’ for all that live in our localities. Building on aging well, our end of life strategy aims to ensure we live well until we die.
The Trust Food and Drink Strategy for 2026 - 2028 outlines our ambitions to provide high quality and nutritious food to our patients, colleagues and visitors. This is a very important step in our journey to continuously strive for excellence and high-quality care in terms of the nutrition and hydration of patients in our care.
The strategy is not just about patients; providing nutritious and balanced choices to our visitors, carers and colleagues is important too. This strategy focuses on patient nutrition and hydration; healthier eating for staff and visitors; and sustainable procurement for food and catering services.
Our 2024-2027 Green Plan has been developed taking account of recent NHS guidance and targets. Alternatively you can read a summary of our 2024-2027 Green Plan.
As a large, acute healthcare organisation, we are determined to deliver our contribution to national carbon reduction targets and broader sustainable development principles. We are committed to incorporating sustainability into all that we do to ensure that our services are fit for the needs of the future without compromising on the services we provide at present. This Green Plan sets ambitious targets and outlines the reductions in carbon emissions required to achieve our goals.
The Trust's Travel Plan 2025 is a key part of our commitment to Sustainability, achieving a Net Zero National Health Service and its Board approved Green Plan.
The Patient Safety Incident Response Policy 2023-25 document sets out the Trust's approach to developing and maintaining effective systems and processes for responding to patient safety incidents with the aim of learning and improving patient safety.
The Patient Safety Incident Response Plan 2023-25 document outlines how the Trust will implement requirements of the national Patient Safety Incident Response Framework as set out in the Patient Safety Incident Response Policy.
The Trust fulfils its obligations under the Trade Union (Facility Time Publication Requirements) Regulations. The information reported for financial year 2023-24 is as follows:
- Trade union representatives: 14
Percentage of working hours spent on facility time
- 1 to 50% of working hours: 13 representatives
- 100% of working hours: 1 representative
Total pay bill and facility time costs
- Total pay bill: £536,647,000
- Total cost of facility time: £88,414
- Percentage of pay spent on facility time: 0.02%
Paid trade union activities
- Hours spent on paid facility time: 1,647
- Hours spent on paid trade union activities: 1,112
- Percentage of total paid facility time hours spent on paid TU activities: 67.52%
The Board of Directors is dedicated to upholding the principles outlined in the Bribery Act 2010 and the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (ECCTA), which took effect on 1 July 2011 and 1 September 2025, respectively. These acts aim to combat fraud, bribery, and corruption in both the private and public sectors.
At the Trust, we have established strict controls to prevent unethical practices. However, it is essential that we remain vigilant and ensure that all our employees, vendors, locums, contractors, and any other business partners strictly follow our policies and procedures, especially regarding procurement and sponsorship.
We expect everyone associated with the Trust to understand and follow the standards of behaviour we uphold. These standards, outlined in our policy, describe the ethics, professional conduct, and honesty we demand in business conduct.
If any instances of fraud or bribery are suspected, we would encourage you to report this to the Trust’s Counter Fraud Team by emailing yhs-tr.counterfraudyork@nhs.net or reports can be made anonymously to the NHS Counter Fraud Authority. Further details can be found here - Report NHS Fraud | Home | NHSCFA.
A key part of the Bribery Act and the ECCTA is the commitment from the top level of the organisation to prevent fraud, bribery, and corruption. The Board of Directors is fully committed to this and will regularly discuss these issues in Board meetings to ensure the importance of transparency and openness is consistently communicated. The Board is also committed to making sure all staff understand their responsibilities in preventing fraud, bribery, and corruption.
The Finance Director has been appointed to lead our efforts in this area.
