Opinion pieces
Diverse views and commentary from Q, community members and across the health and care improvement landscape.
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10 principles at the human heart of improvement: Tell us what you think
18 October 2022 4 minute readQ’s Managing Director Penny Pereira suggests principles that are key to the human side of improvement, drawing on insight from across the Q community, and invites you to share your thoughts.
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Penny Pereira
Topics- Improvement and innovation
- Innovation
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Improving patient outcomes through sustainability and QI
13 October 2022 7 minute readThree Q connectors share their ideas for realising the link between sustainability and improvement in patient outcomes.
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Jess Rose
Topics- Improvement and innovation
- Innovation
- Process improvement
- Systems change
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Harnessing lived experience to address health inequalities
22 April 2022 3 minute readQ member Pete Donnelly shares the impact wheelchair skills have made to his life in 15 years of using a wheelchair.
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Pete Donnelly
Topics- Health sector challenges
- Equity, diversity and inclusion
- Improvement and innovation
- Innovation
- Spread and adoption
- Quality of care
- Person-centred care
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Taking a psychologically informed approach to quality improvement
16 December 2021 2 minute readRead about how pscychology is being deployed as a quality improvement tool.
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Rachel Trask -
Benna Waites
Topics- Improvement and innovation
- Collaboration
- Improvement capability
- Improvement research and evaluation
- Innovation
- Leadership and management
- Organisational development
- Workforce and people
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Are systems conveners the leaders the NHS needs now more than ever?
1 September 2021 7 minute readThree Q members – Isabel Ho, Esther Hall and Carl Davies – describe the unique ways in which they connect staff and empower change as system conveners across health and social care.
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Tanya Royer
Topics- Improvement and innovation
- Collaboration
- Improvement culture
- Innovation
- Networking
- Systems change
- Leadership and management
- Leadership
- Quality of care
- Patient experience
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