Maria Dorthea Skov (She/Her)

Community Convener

Q

England - London (South)

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Member's groups

  • Improving Joy in Work

    The purpose of this group is to provide a learning forum to bring together those interested in Joy in Work.

    Experts, complete novices, and everyone in between, is welcome to join this group so we can increase […]

  • Evaluation

    Appropriate good quality evaluation is essential component of quality improvement. This group has been set up to link members who have experience, expertise and an interest in the evaluation of quality improvement. […]

  • Culture of Continuous Improvement

    In the NHS, Quality Improvement methodology is the most common vehicle for embedding systematic continuous improvement and most frequently shows up as a team of experts supporting clinically-focused, smaller-scale […]

  • Co-production

    In co-produced health care, organisations work with people who use services, carers and communities in equal partnership. It’s easy to do it wrong and quite hard to get it right, but it isn’t rocket science, and […]

  • Impact and power of storytelling in health

    This group is convened by Lesley Goodburn.

    This a group to explore the use of storytelling in healthcare looking at the use of stories in improvement as well as therapeutic interventions. The group will look […]

  • Community Hospitals SIG: sharing good practice

    The Community Hospitals: sharing good practice Special Interest Group (SIG) has a focus on sharing good practice and networking.  The SIG brings together members who want to explore their experiences, look at […]

  • Quality Improvement in Care Homes

    Are you interested in quality improvement in care homes?

    Hi! My name’s Andrea and I work at the Health Innovation Network South London. We support local health and social care organisations to speed up the […]

  • Liberating Structures in healthcare

    This is a place to share tips, tricks, challenges, plans, ’strings’ and more around using ’Liberating Structures’ for health and care improvement.

    We also meet online on the first Thursday of each month (see […]

  • Learning from Excellence

    Whilst it is important to learn from events where things have not gone well, the majority of healthcare interactions go safely. Despite this, we have focus the much of our learning about safety from adverse events, […]

  • West of England

    Hello West of England Qs! Thank you for joining our regional group that is convened by the West of England Academic Health Science Network (AHSN).

    As a West of England Q you will receive emails from the AHSN […]

  • Communities of Practice

    The group aims to bring together people who are interested in setting up Communities of Practice, or have already set them up, to share their experiences and knowledge.

    This group was initiated by Cleo […]

  • Videos & Podcasts

    Learn the basics of content creation: how to record, script, edit and post videos and podcasts. Not only that, but join other enthusiastic beginners and share your social media journey - together, we can make our knowledge engaging and easy to access.

  • Coaching Improvement

    This group’s aim is to support Q members and organisations to embed a coaching model and approach to quality improvement at a local level.

    Improvement coaches are a crucial component of the dosing model, […]

  • Better Conversations with Clean Language

    This group is for people who have an interest in improving the quality of conversations in healthcare. When we have better conversations, we improve mutual understanding and people feel more understood. So, with better conversations we are likely to have better outcomes, fewer mistakes, and greater sense of wellbeing. Our shared curiosity is around how we can use the deceptively-simple Clean Language approach to improve conversations, enhance understanding and enable better healthcare.

  • Digital

    Digital is about opening up new challenges and opportunities for quality improvement; bringing analytics and methods into improvement settings and improvement methodology into digital projects. This group has been […]

  • Complexity Approaches to support Quality Improvement

    This group will consider the impact of emerging theories around complex systems – such as complex responsive processes, Dialogic OD and systems thinking – on how we approach quality improvement. It will also foc […]

  • Perioperative Care – Prehabilitation

    The Q Perioperative Care-Prehabilitation Special Interest Group (SIG) is hosted by Macmillan Cancer Support and the Centre for Perioperative Care (CPOC), a partnership between health charities, professional […]

  • Measurement for Improvement

    Are you interested in how we can make the best use of data to inform decision-making and take appropriate action?  Are you frustrated that two point comparisons and RAG reports continue to dominate much of the […]

  • Tools and resources to help support Networks and Network leaders

    Having access to a suite of resources and a dedicated space for learning and sharing with peers is immensely beneficial for Network Leaders. In the fast-paced and ever-evolving field of healthcare, staying informed and connected is crucial. A collaborative environment fosters not only professional growth but also innovation and creativity, which are key to improving healthcare systems and outcomes. By pooling our collective knowledge and experiences, we can co-create solutions that are both dynamic and value-driven.

  • PSIRF – Patient Safety Incident Response Framework

    This is a space for Q members to connect on the successes, challenges, learning and opportunities around the Patient Safety Incident Response Framework.

    By joining this SIG, we hope that you can bring your […]

  • Allied Health Professions in Quality Improvement

    We are hoping to raise the curiosity and profile of AHPs in Quality Improvement. We are looking for the inquisitive, the enthusiast and the improvement gurus to share the possibilities and experiences of quality […]

  • Quality Management in Healthcare

    There is now a growing interest in Quality Management in healthcare.  This Special Interest Group will help those interested in learning about or implementing a Quality Management System (QMS).

    In Quality […]

  • Q Groups (SIGs) Leads & Conveners

    A closed group for active leads & conveners of Q special interest groups (SIGs) to share experiences, challenges and best practices, request help/support, explore cross-SIG collaboration, and more.

    The aim is […]

  • Quality Improvement and the wellbeing of the workforce

    People who work in health and social care systems and organisations matter too, they only have so much energy. What good practice tools, resources and ideas can we share to help those working in health and social care know, they are cared about and their wellbeing matters too?

  • Applying behavioural insights in healthcare

    The latest insights from behavioural science help us better understand all of the factors that influence people’s behaviour – that’s patients and the public as well as healthcare staff. This helps us create more […]

  • Professional Advocacy

    This is a space for Q members to connect on the successes, challenges, learning and opportunities around professional advocacy.

    Professional advocates are nurses and midwives who have been trained to deliver […]

  • Human Factors

    This group aims to link with members who are interested in developing human factors capability within the NHS. In the East Midlands, there is some work on this and we now have six human factors projects being […]

  • Organisational Resilience & Safety-II

    We strive to provide high quality, safe care whilst operating in a complex environment, facing considerable uncertainty on a daily basis. The degree of volatility, complexity, uncertainty and ambiguity is […]

  • Q in Cymru / Wales

    Welcome to the Q in Wales forum!

    Members from across Wales, and can come here to share ideas, events or put a request in for advice from other members.

    Members can expect to get updates on local activity, get […]

  • Service Design

    Are NHS Services designed or do they evolve over time?

  • Process Visualisation in the NHS

    This SIG will look at identifying and documenting, in flow chart format, process management in the NHS, both clinical and administrative processes are addressed. The structure of the Process Visualization set will […]

  • Psychological Safety in Health and Social Care

    A group to help grow cultures where knowledge and innovation flourish because people feel safe to contribute their ideas – resulting in better clinical outcomes and staff wellbeing.

    The group is co-convened by St […]

  • QI Communications

    A group for anyone with an interest in QI Communications. This is an online space for us to chat, upload documents, and share ideas, links and templates.

    This group  is convened by Andrea Gibbons.

  • Network mapping

    A group space to support anyone who is interested in mapping their networks. Q is currently piloting a new approach to mapping its network of improvers, using the tools SumApp and Kumu. We will also share our […]

  • Psychology for Improvement

    A fundamental principle of improvement science is to understand & influence human behaviour (Dr William Deming). Indeed, an understanding of the psychological factors underpinning human behaviour makes up one […]

  • Oxford AHSN (Thames Valley area) Group

    A group for Q members in the Thames Valley area to communicate, share and learn with and from each other. Supported by the Oxford Patient Safety Collaborative as part of the Oxford AHSN.

    This group is […]

  • Improvement Culture Club

    In the current climate, it is very challenging for staff to be able to carry out improvement when they are faced with many pressures and demands. We need to create the right environment and support for staff to be […]

  • Making use of patient experience

    Do we over-measure patient experience? Are we helped by the Friends and Family Test, CQC patient surveys, NHS Choices star ratings, Patient Opinion snapshot comments, local Healthwatch reports, Trust and CCG […]

  • QI in Mental Health

    Special Interest Group to support the sharing of ideas and good practice for QI across all Mental Health settings. The group will encourage the sharing of ideas and approaches to the use of QI within MH settings […]

  • QI Week

    • To create a QI movement by hosting a national QI Week annually, falling on the second week of September.
    • Meet like minded peers who have a passion for sharing and spreading the amazing improvement work that […]

  • Primary Care

    This group is open to anyone working in or interested in primary care. It is convened by Rammya Mathew, who is a London based GP with an interest in quality improvement. This group is a learning space – it’s not […]

  • Third sector

    This group is to bring together Q members from the third sector to share ideas and experience in how we can better work with health and care bodies to enable us to get better outcomes for the people we […]

  • Yorkshire and Humber Quality Improvement Network

    We are developing a community of quality improvement (QI) enthusiasts within the Yorkshire and Humber Region which ranges from experienced Q practitioners through to QI enthusiasts at the start of their improvement […]

  • Network Weaving

    A group space for people interested in learning about Network Weaving, and developing their skills.

  • Lean Healthcare

    Lean continues to become increasingly popular in health. This group will exchange information on current thinking and discuss ideas on the application and adaption of Lean thinking to the health care sector. Join […]

  • Sustainable Healthcare

    Sustainability is a domain of quality in healthcare. Sustainable value considers patient and population outcomes against environmental, social and economic costs (the ”triple bottom line”). Sustainable value can be […]

  • Mindfulness for Quality Improvement

    Mindfulness is a process of focussing on experiences in the current moment. Over the last decades, many mindfulness based techniques and programmes have been used to improve health, and in fact there is good […]

  • Q Reading Club

    This group offers a space where members can continue their own professional development through a virtual book club. The idea is that a particular time period and place is identified for a discussion space about a […]

  • Improvement Research Network

    The purpose of this community is to bridge the gap between academics involved in the fields of improvement and implementation science and improvement practitioners.  The SIG will create a forum that enables […]

  • Clinical Audit in Quality Improvement

    This SIG will look at best practice in national clinical audit, and how to ensure clinical audit is used as an effective part of quality improvement both nationally and locally.

  • Q Connectors

    A network for members who love connecting people and ideas across boundaries (and who can help push the boundaries of what’s possible for all of us in Q).

  • Q in the North West Coast

    We have a collaborative space on Facebook for people who are members of the Q Community in the North West Coast. It was set up by the Innovation Agency who are leading on communications for the community, to e […]

  • Philosophy and ethics for health care improvement

    This group is for people who are interested in discussing the fundamental purposes of health care improvement and some of the ethical issues that arise in planning, conducting or researching improvement. It is […]

  • Human-Centred Design in Health and Care

    Design thinking is increasingly used in industry to ensure the user is the focus of the final product. There is now a growing movement looking at how design thinking can be used in health and care improvement […]

  • Perinatal community of practice

    A supportive community of Perinatal professionals continuously improving outcomes for preterm babies.

    Conveners of the group are: Noshin Menzies (QI coach), Vardeep Deogan (QI coach), Pippa Craggs (Proj […]

  • South West Q

    A group for Q members in the South West to communicate, share and learn with and from each other.
    This group is supported by Jen Ellis.

  • PPI and Diversity

    Serious clinical and service failings in the UK and internationally have increased the calls for patients and the public to be engaged in healthcare to improve patient safety. These calls are now reflected in key […]

  • Q Visits

    This is a place to continue conversations from any of the Q Visits held to date. Use this space to share updates on new insights, resources, and any progress or challenges you’ve encountered since applying your […]

  • Reimagining Health and Care

    Reinventing Organisations, Buurtzorg, beyond new public management, Laloux, beyond budgeting, deliberately developmental, Clare Graves, brave new work, complexity, building communities, leadership for complex and chaotic times. What happens when you apply this in health and care? Join us and to share your learning and build new practice.

  • Systems Convening community of practice

    This group will support the cross-boundary learning and catalysing work being done by Systems Conveners – offering a space to share successes and get help with challenges.
    A number of Q member Systems Conveners a […]

  • Creating collective responsibility to reduce delays in elective pathways

    This group has been created as part of the latest Q Lab project on creating collective responsibility to reduce delays in elective pathways.

    Those involved in the project are invited to join, as well as other Q […]

  • Bridging Networks

    The ‘Bridging Network’ is a Special Interest Group for anyone interested in quality improvement across health and social care whether they are at the front line, in the board rooms, in the community or primary car […]

  • Educators as Improvers

    Many people working in the world of healthcare will also have some sort of role in healthcare education; it might be that you’re a mentor to nursing students, a clinical educator for AHP students, a clinical or […]

  • Improvement Capability framework project

    Group space for work on the Improvement Capability framework Q Exchange project.

    See project page: https://q.health.org.uk/idea/populating-a-qi-capability-model-and-using-it-for-benchlearning-in-the-q-community-and-beyond/

  • Q Exchange 5 teams

    A space for Q Exchange 5 project teams to come together to share questions, experiences, learning and ideas.

  • Closing the gap: developing improvers for a complex world

    This group will offer a space to explore and share together practical techniques for supporting our inner journeys towards transformed individual capacities for real world impact (in health, communities, […]

  • Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland Q

    LLR Q is a virtual space designed to bring together people with a passion for quality improvement across the Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland health and social care economy.

    The ambition is to create […]

  • Anaesthetists

    This is a special interest group set up for Anaesthetists to share their experiences and learning from improvement work as well as supporting training and development.

  • Q in Greater Manchester and Eastern Cheshire (GMEC)

    This group’s aim is to bring together Q members from across the Greater Manchester and Eastern Cheshire (GMEC) footprint to share knowledge, experiences, and seek expert support through collaborative learning and s […]

  • Q Partners

    A space for Q Partner teams to ask questions, share what’s working well, get help with challenges and more.

    We will share reports from our bi-monthly Partner calls here.

  • Somerset

    This group will bring together Q members in Somerset to collaborate and build our collective improvement expertise for the common purpose of improving healthcare for the population of Somerset.  The group will […]