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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
  • 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 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • The Meaning of Quality and the Juran Trilogy

    26 January 2023 
    6 minute read 

    Following on from our webinar and blog on Designing a Quality Management System for the NHS, Dr Tom Rose takes a closer look at the Juran Trilogy, its definition of quality and how it can be applied.

    • Thomas Rose
      Thomas Rose
    Topics
    • Improvement and innovation
    • Complexity
    • Leadership and management
    • Management systems
    • Quality of care
    • Timeliness and efficiency
  • Turning Safety-II thinking into action

    17 January 2023 
    6 minute read 

    Critics of Safety-II point to a lack of evidence of its ability to fulfil its promise. Are they right?

    • Simon Gill
      Simon Gill
    Topics
    • Improvement and innovation
    • Systems change
    • Leadership and management
    • Management systems
    • Quality of care
    • Patient safety
  • Designing a Quality Management System for the NHS

    2 December 2022 
    5 minute read 

    Discover how NHS quality improvement fits into a QMS and how it can be implemented in an NHS trust.

    • Thomas Rose
      Thomas Rose
    Topics
    • Leadership and management
    • Management systems
    • Quality of care
    • Timeliness and efficiency
  • 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
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