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

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  • How to bring an equitable approach to reducing waiting times

    25 September 2024 
    6 minute read 

    Katie and Spela explore what the Q Lab teams learned about ensuring equity while reducing appointment waiting times and share some top tips for ensuring equitable access to services.

    • Spela Godec
      Spela Godec
    • Katie Clarke-Day
      Katie Clarke-Day
    Topics
    • Health sector challenges
    • Access and waiting times
    • Equity, diversity and inclusion
    • Long-term conditions
    • Improvement and innovation
    • Co-production
    • Patient and public involvement
    • Systems change
    • Quality of care
    • Patient experience
    • Person-centred care
  • How senior leaders can support patients to wait well

    22 July 2024 
    5 minute read 

    Experts from across health care offer practical actions to design pathways that reduce waiting lists, support patients to wait well and put equity first throughout.

    • Ruth Coustick-Deal
      Ruth Coustick-Deal
    Topics
    • Health sector challenges
    • Equity, diversity and inclusion
    • Quality of care
    • Patient experience
    • Person-centred care
  • Q member Krishna Nair explores the significant disparities in wound care among the nation’s most vulnerable populations and improvement initiatives.

    • Krishna Nair
      Krishna Nair
    Topics
    • Health sector challenges
    • Equity, diversity and inclusion
    • Quality of care
    • Patient experience
  • Q member and physiotherapist Jo Kitchen reflects on a Q lunch and learn event on Community Appointment Days.

    • Joanna Kitchen
      Joanna Kitchen
    Topics
    • Health sector challenges
    • Access and waiting times
    • Equity, diversity and inclusion
    • Improvement and innovation
    • Patient and public involvement
    • Leadership and management
    • Leadership
    • Quality of care
    • Person-centred care
  • The Q team share the improvement themes from this year’s Forum, including looking at failure, rule-breaking and adding rigour to QI.

    • Penny Pereira
      Penny Pereira
    • Libby Keck
      Libby Keck
    • Matthew Hill
      Matthew Hill
    • Spela Godec
      Spela Godec
    Topics
    • Health sector challenges
    • Equity, diversity and inclusion
    • Improvement and innovation
    • Improvement capability
    • Innovation
    • Spread and adoption
    • Systems change
    • Leadership and management
  • How healing and trust play a part in health improvement

    30 April 2024 
    4 minute read 

    Q member Sabrina Das reflects on an Experience Day and how trust built in a local community that had suffered historical trauma contributed to its success.

    • Sabrina Das
      Sabrina Das
    Topics
    • Health sector challenges
    • COVID-19 and recovery
    • Equity, diversity and inclusion
    • Health and prevention
    • Improvement and innovation
    • Co-production
    • Collaboration
    • Improvement culture
    • Patient and public involvement
    • Services
    • Community services
    • Maternity and neo-natal
    • Voluntary services
  • Q Exchange project lead Rachael Middle shares how Isle of Wight NHS Trust is improving digital inclusion for people accessing their mental health services.

    • Rachael Middle
      Rachael Middle
    Topics
    • Digital and data
    • Digital technology
    • Health sector challenges
    • Equity, diversity and inclusion
    • Services
    • Mental health
  • Quality improvement and health inequalities

    15 January 2024 
    4 minute read 

    Look at how QI can impact health inequalities and learn about Queen Mary University of London research to explore the issue.

    • Lucy Johnson
      Lucy Johnson
    Topics
    • Health sector challenges
    • Equity, diversity and inclusion
    • Leadership and management
    • Workforce and people
  • Sabrina Das, Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, reflects on her work co-producing services with local mothers in the Family Voices Big Room.

    • Sabrina Das
      Sabrina Das
    Topics
    • Health sector challenges
    • Equity, diversity and inclusion
    • Improvement and innovation
    • Patient and public involvement
    • Services
    • Mental health
  • 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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