Section 1: Introduction: provides a description of EPF and its raison d’être, the prevailing health-care environment, the purpose of a five year strategic plan for EPF, and the process through which this plan was developed and will evolve during the coming 5 years.
Section 2: Vision and mission: outlines EPF’s vision for the future and its mission
Section 3: Core values and how we do business: describes EPF’s core values and guiding principles, which have also underpinned the strategic planning exercise and the plan itself.
Section 4: Key Goals: describes EPF’s key goals for the coming five years
Section 5: Key Fields of Action: support these goals with fields of action and specific objectives
Section 6: Areas that EPF will influence over the next five years: describes the probable areas to be pursued over the next five years. These have been determined in accordance with members’ own prioritization and the anticipated external EU healthcare environment.
Section 7: Review and Realignment: outlines the strategies in place for process and outcome evaluation and how the strategic plan will be refined and reshaped in accordance with on-going achievements and challenges, and the external environment.
Section 8: Glossary and Useful Website References: provides a glossary of terms linked to this strategic plan. It also signposts significant reference websites.
Section 9: Acknowledgements: lists the individuals who have played a key role in the development of the strategic plan.
EPF Strategic Plan