Opinion pieces

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

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

Q member, Guddi Singh offers three approaches for keeping perspective while engaged in the change journey.

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  Guddi Singh

President of the Community Hospitals Association, Helen Tucker reflects on her improvement work with patients and communities on local health and social care services.

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  Helen Tucker

Q Managing Director Penny Pereira explores what improvement approaches and expertise will be needed for the health and care sector under the new government.

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  Penny Pereira

Read an evaluation based on the Kirkpatrick model about QI capacity building using workforce collaboration and leadership and management.

Discover how a student nurse in a care home developed a hospital passport so that patients with dementia were better able to let hospital carers know how to look after their needs.

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  Carol Dale