Q Exchange is back for 2024 with an incredible funding opportunity. Do you have a great project idea that you would like funding for? The next round of Q Exchange is now open for ideas and you can bid for up to £40,000.

What is Q Exchange?

Q Exchange is a collaborative funding programme, supported by the Health Foundation and NHS England. It offers Q members from across the UK an opportunity to develop and submit their innovative ideas. Project teams must be led by a Q member for the duration of the project but can involve people who are not yet part of the community.

This year’s theme focuses on how we can improve across system boundaries. Projects should relate to one or more of the following areas:

• Reducing waits sustainably and equitably.
• Increasing productivity and reducing waste.
• Boosting the culture, capabilities and structures needed for learning and improvement.
• Embedding improvement into management systems and processes.

Why should teams in Wales get involved?

This is an incredible opportunity for Q members based in Wales to collaborate and share their skills with the wider Q community to develop and test new or existing innovative ideas. Often successful projects will provide inspiration and learning that can be used to spread and scale improvements.

Join us for a useful webinar: Q Exchange – Tips, tricks, and traps

Join us for an insightful webinar where we delve into the insights gained from the successful ‘A Co-produced Approach to Waiting As Well As Possible’ project, funded through last year’s Q Exchange. Andrea Gray and Andrea Davies, the team behind the project, will share their experiences and knowledge in this informal session on Tuesday 20 February, from 09.00 – 09.50.

Get valuable insights into idea generation, the application process, and have your questions answered directly by those who have navigated the journey.

To book, please email Mandy Westcott: mandy.westcott@wales.nhs.uk