Opinion pieces

Digital Manager Betty-Sue Smith highlights how members’ insights have been central to building Q’s new website.

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  Betty-Sue Smith

Matthew Hill, Head of Insight, Evaluation and Research, gives an update on the independent evaluation of Q.

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  Matt Hill

Lawrence Mudford shares his improvement journey, from dentistry to perioperative care, and invites you to join an upcoming series of webinars on prehabilitation and rehabilitation.

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  Lawrence Mudford

Sid Beech shares his experience of kickstarting the Q Exchange project, Systems QI Practitioner Programme, with a co-design session to agree the scope, audience and draft topic outline.

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  Sid Beech

Hilda Campbell MBE, CEO of COPE Scotland, shares what she’s learnt about the power of Liberating Structures for recruiting and retaining volunteers for health and care improvement.

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  Hilda Campbell

Experts from across health care offer practical actions to design pathways that reduce waiting lists, support patients to wait well and put equity first throughout.

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  Ruth Coustick-Deal

Q member Krishna Nair explores the significant disparities in wound care among the nation’s most vulnerable populations and improvement initiatives.

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  Krishna Nair

Five lessons teams participating in Q Lab learned about engaging stakeholders in their work to reduce waits.

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  Spela Godec

Q member and physiotherapist Jo Kitchen reflects on a Q lunch and learn event on Community Appointment Days.

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  Joanna Kitchen

Q member Lesley Goodburn shares how storytelling empowers co-produced, continuous improvement in person-centred care.

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  Lesley Goodburn