Final Arch 24-25 pages - Flipbook - Page 6
Values
Collaboration and Community:
We initiate strong partnerships with dozens
of organisations in Brighton and Hove which
At Arch we pride ourselves on living our
values every day, in our interactions with
our patients, partners and each other.
This has enabled us to build up a strong,
supportive, and now award-winning
workplace culture.
Examples of our values in practice
enable us to achieve so much for our patients.
For example, our partnership with Brighton &
Hove City Council has enabled us to continue
providing the Step Down Beds service, which
o昀昀ers clinically supported accommodation
for people who are leaving hospital, so they
can recover properly. Our hospital team also
works closely with the city council’s colocated housing o昀케cer at the Royal Sussex
County Hospital in Brighton, to ensure safe
discharges for patients and that no patient is
discharged to the street.
Honesty and integrity:
We are uncompromising in our work,
providing an honest voice even when
this feels uncomfortable. This honesty
is important for our patients, sta昀昀,
commissioners, and partners. It is also vital to
our leadership roledevelopment of city-wide
strategies for system change and improved
outcomes for patients.
Excellence and curiosity:
We are the lead partner in the major coproduction project, Common Ambition,
which works across Sussex to elevate the
voice of patients to improve health and
care systems. The steering group, made
up of experts by experience, is conducting
in-depth research into systems, and
Kindness and humanity:
We go out of our way to treat patients with
establishing new ways of working, to e昀昀ect
change.
dignity and respect - most are known to the
We also support the wider system workforce
sta昀昀 and clinicians on 昀椀rst-name terms.
with regular online homeless health tutorials,
Every year we hold a remembrance event to
mark the lives of those who have died whilst
facing homelessness in Brighton & Hove.
This is a chance to acknowledge & celebrate
the lives of those who were too often
overlooked during their lifetimes. Feedback
from patients, including the quotes you will
昀椀nd throughout this report, consistently
demonstrate the impact being treated with
care, compassion and kindness can have on a
person’s life.
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and an annual homeless health conference.
These bring together people from a multitude
of organisations to connect and network,
and also hear from leading voices across
the city and further a昀椀eld. We cover a range
of topics which in previous years have
included: liver disease and alcohol related
brain injury, suicide prevention, frailty and
昀椀rst aid, autism, paranoia, chronic pain, and
recovery from addiction.
