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

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  • A paediatric nurse explains how she developed an online training package for carers and parents of children with complex needs.

    • Una Hughes
      Una Hughes
    Topics
    • Digital and data
    • Digital technology
    • Leadership and management
    • Workforce and people
    • Services
    • Children and young people
  • Q delegates share their highlights from this year’s International Society for Quality in Health Care (ISQua) conference.

    • Helen Crisp
      Helen Crisp
    • Henry Cann
      Henry Cann
    Topics
    • Digital and data
    • Analytics and data
    • Leadership and management
    • Workforce and people
    • Quality of care
    • Patient experience
  • 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
  • Using QI to improve joy in work

    31 August 2023 
    6 minute read 

    Julia Wood reflects on the Joy in Work Special Interest Group which looks at how to use QI tools to bring more enjoyment to the work day.

    • Julia Wood
      Julia Wood
    Topics
    • Improvement and innovation
    • Improvement research and evaluation
    • Leadership and management
    • Workforce and people
    • Quality of care
    • Patient safety
  • 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
  • Discover insight from Q about the latest NHS Staff Survey and our ongoing work focusing on staff engagement in major change.

    • Henry Cann
      Henry Cann
    Topics
    • Improvement and innovation
    • Improvement research and evaluation
    • Leadership and management
    • Workforce and people
  • Sophia Mody reflects on how setting up a Community of Practice at her trust has cultivated welcoming and empowering social spaces for neurodiverse staff members and patients.

    • Sophia Mody
      Sophia Mody
    Topics
    • Health sector challenges
    • Equity, diversity and inclusion
    • Improvement and innovation
    • Collaboration
    • Leadership and management
    • Workforce and people
    • Services
    • Mental health
  • Loretta Jenkins explains how Ireland’s Health Service Executive (HSE) is applying human factors to improve safety, quality and efficiency in health care settings

    • Loretta Jenkins
      Loretta Jenkins
    Topics
    • Digital and data
    • Analytics and data
    • Improvement and innovation
    • Complexity
    • Improvement culture
    • Improvement research and evaluation
    • Leadership and management
    • Organisational development
    • Workforce and people
    • Quality of care
    • Patient safety
    • Timeliness and efficiency
  • What if we set up a quality framework with patients and staff that used positive feedback to improve morale and model the social behaviours we want to reinforce in care settings?

    • Gemma Crossingham
      Gemma Crossingham
    Topics
    • Digital and data
    • Measurement for improvement
    • Improvement and innovation
    • Improvement culture
    • Improvement research and evaluation
    • Spread and adoption
    • Systems change
    • Leadership and management
    • Workforce and people
    • Quality of care
    • Patient experience
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