In this section...

  1. How we make decisions
  2. Our priorities
  3. Policies and procedures
  4. What we spend and how we spend it
  5. Who we are and what we do
  6. Work for us

Vision and values

We are a mental health and community provider. We serve over 570,000 people who call Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly home. About a third of residents use acute hospital services in Devon.

Our team is made up of over 5,600 people. Together we provide mental health and community health services to about 80,000 people at any given time. Demand for our services increases dramatically during summer, and sometimes winter. People are drawn to the area for prominent festivals and events like BoardMasters.

We have more than 200 clinical teams working across 4 operational service lines. Our physical health services are organised into geographical divisions linked to primary care networks, while our mental health, dementia, and corporate services work countywide.

View our organisation chart (PDF, 146 KB).

We operate from 130 sites. We use these buildings to provide physical and mental health services in the community and peoples’ homes.

We are an innovative and forward-thinking health provider. We invest in research, innovation and training and are connected to several academic and research organisations. Many of our staff are leading innovations which not only improve care to our patients in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly, but also nationally.

Many of our buildings have historic links to their local communities. Some have suffered from a lack of investment; many are not owned by us.

More information on the Trust is available on this website and on our reports and publications page.

Useful links

Our history and statutory background

Cornwall Partnership NHS Trust was established on 1 April 2002. It was the main provider of NHS mental health and learning disability in Cornwall and the Isles of Silly. In 2010 we became a Foundation Trust.

In 2016 we expanded the services we provide to include community hospitals and physical health services. In April 2020 we were awarded a contract to deliver talking therapies as part of our mental health services.

Our vision: Outstanding care for all

Our vision is underpinned by our strategic objectives.

Great care

People will be partners in local, joined-up services. These services will deliver individualised models of care through aligned physical and mental health teams. We will make the best use of our own and our partners’ skills to reduce our reliance on hospital beds. Clinical leaders from different sectors of care will work together to develop and implement a systemwide clinical strategy.

Great organisation

We will create a compassionate culture which inspires the delivery of excellent care through shared learning, innovation, improvement, inclusion, and co-production. This will be supported by a sustainable enabling infrastructure. We will adopt a can do approach and will not allow bureaucracy to get in the way of agile, risk-informed effective decision-making and action across our system.

Great people

Our culture will attract talent and people will love to work for us. We will embed our staff-led cultural improvement programme. The development and delivery of a long-term workforce plan will make the best use of local skills for the benefit of our system.

Great partner

We will work with our system partners so health and care services join up. This will help everyone to be healthier. We will develop an anticipatory care model approach so we can offer services more quickly. We will work collaboratively to improve the experience and outcomes for our patients. Our staff will be part of integrated teams.

Our values: Choice

These objectives are supported by our care values which are:

  • Compassion
  • Happiness
  • Ownership
  • Integrity
  • Connection
  • Equity