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Opinion pieces

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

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  • Read about how Q Labs explore complexity and challenges in health care at system level using stakeholder and journey mapping.

    Topics
    • Improvement and innovation
    • Collaboration
    • Complexity
    • Improvement research and evaluation
    • Innovation
    • Patient and public involvement
    • Systems change
    • Leadership and management
    • Workforce and people
  • Read about the views of leaders in general practice about the role of QI in their work amidst pressures in the sector.

    • Rammya Mathew
      Rammya Mathew
    Topics
    • Improvement and innovation
    • Improvement capability
    • Improvement culture
    • Innovation
    • Leadership and management
    • Leadership
    • Management systems
    • Organisational development
    • Workforce and people
    • Services
    • Primary care
  • Q Managing Director Penny Pereira explores what improvement approaches and expertise will be needed for the health and care sector under the new government.

    • Penny Pereira
      Penny Pereira
    Topics
    • Digital and data
    • Digital technology
    • Health sector challenges
    • Productivity
    • Improvement and innovation
    • Innovation
    • Leadership and management
    • Leadership
  • 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
    • Matt Hill
      Matt 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
  • Q member Dominic Cushnan discusses a service that supports health and care services to plan and implement digital improvement projects.

    • Dominic Cushnan
      Dominic Cushnan
    Topics
    • Digital and data
    • AI and automation
    • Digital technology
    • Improvement and innovation
    • Improvement capability
    • Innovation
    • Leadership and management
    • Policy and regulation
  • Themes and insights from our recent evidence review of social innovation labs and their impact within complex systems.

    • Libby Keck
      Libby Keck
    Topics
    • Improvement and innovation
    • Collaboration
    • Complexity
    • Improvement research and evaluation
    • Innovation
  • Experience the transformative power of a Q Visit to Huddlecraft through and gain insights on how these visits inspire and drive innovation in healthcare.

    • Maria Dorthea Skov
      Maria Dorthea Skov
    Topics
    • Improvement and innovation
    • Collaboration
    • Improvement culture
    • Innovation
  • Q’s Managing Director Penny Pereira suggests principles that are key to the human side of improvement, drawing on insight from across the Q community, and invites you to share your thoughts.

    • Penny Pereira
      Penny Pereira
    Topics
    • Improvement and innovation
    • Innovation
  • 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
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