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Diverse views and commentary from Q, community members and across the health and care improvement landscape.

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  • Developing principles for working across local systems

    4 October 2023 
    3 minute read 

    Find out more about our five principles for working across local systems to develop shared improvement approaches.

    • Matt Hill
      Matt Hill
    Topics
    • Leadership and management
    • Leadership
    • Workforce and people
  • Penny Pereira talks to Jim Mackey, NHS England’s National Director of Elective Recovery, about NHS successes and challenges in treatment delays – and how the improvement community can contribute.

    • Penny Pereira
      Penny Pereira
    Topics
    • Leadership and management
    • Leadership
    • Quality of care
    • Timeliness and efficiency
  • Penny Pereira, Q’s Managing Director, considers the new approach, its potential impact and what it means for members and others working to improve health and care in England and beyond.

    • Penny Pereira
      Penny Pereira
    Topics
    • Leadership and management
    • Leadership
    • Workforce and people
  • Following a panel event on Quality Management Systems, we have been talking about ways of introducing QMS into a health care setting. Mirek Skrypak shares an approach that he has developed.

    • Mirek Skrypak
      Mirek Skrypak
    Topics
    • Leadership and management
    • Leadership
    • Management systems
  • Q’s in-person events will create space for you to connect with collaborators and lead the change you want to see.

    • Jen  Morgan
      Jen Morgan
    Topics
    • Improvement and innovation
    • Collaboration
    • Networking
    • Leadership and management
    • Leadership
    • Organisational development
  • Three 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.

    • Tanya Royer
      Tanya Royer
    Topics
    • Improvement and innovation
    • Collaboration
    • Improvement culture
    • Innovation
    • Networking
    • Systems change
    • Leadership and management
    • Leadership
    • Quality of care
    • Patient experience
  • Understanding Psychology of Change

    10 June 2021 
    3 minute read 

    Read about the Psychology for Improvememnt (P4I) approach and watch a recording of a session with Kate Hilton.

    • Samuel Thornton
      Samuel Thornton
    Topics
    • Improvement and innovation
    • Co-production
    • Complexity
    • Improvement culture
    • Leadership and management
    • Leadership
    • Organisational development
    • Workforce and people
  • Q member Graham Hinchcliffe shares seven steps for CQC action planning in health and care, drawing on his time successfully managing this process in multiple NHS trusts.

    • Graham Hinchcliffe
      Graham Hinchcliffe
    Topics
    • Improvement and innovation
    • Improvement culture
    • Leadership and management
    • Leadership
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