Opinion pieces
Diverse views and commentary from Q, community members and across the health and care improvement landscape.
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How stakeholder and journey mapping can help you understand complex challenges
24 October 2024 6 minute readRead 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
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Continuous improvement and management capacity in general practice
2 October 2024 5 minute readRead about the views of leaders in general practice about the role of QI in their work amidst pressures in the sector.
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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
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Improvement skills needed: turning election pledges into implemented plans
10 June 2024 3 minute readQ 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
Topics- Digital and data
- Digital technology
- Health sector challenges
- Productivity
- Improvement and innovation
- Innovation
- Leadership and management
- Leadership
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The power of improvement: highlights from this year’s International Forum on Quality and Safety in Healthcare
9 May 2024 8 minute readThe Q team share the improvement themes from this year’s Forum, including looking at failure, rule-breaking and adding rigour to QI.
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Penny Pereira
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Libby Keck
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Matt Hill
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Spela Godec
Topics- Health sector challenges
- Equity, diversity and inclusion
- Improvement and innovation
- Improvement capability
- Innovation
- Spread and adoption
- Systems change
- Leadership and management
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Digital adopters in health and care: what you need to know
4 March 2024 4 minute readQ member Dominic Cushnan discusses a service that supports health and care services to plan and implement digital improvement projects.
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Dominic Cushnan
Topics- Digital and data
- AI and automation
- Digital technology
- Improvement and innovation
- Improvement capability
- Innovation
- Leadership and management
- Policy and regulation
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Social innovation labs: strengthening health and care improvement
30 January 2024 5 minute readThemes and insights from our recent evidence review of social innovation labs and their impact within complex systems.
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Libby Keck
Topics- Improvement and innovation
- Collaboration
- Complexity
- Improvement research and evaluation
- Innovation
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The power of peer-to-peer approaches to kickstart lasting culture change
13 July 2023 6 minute readExperience the transformative power of a Q Visit to Huddlecraft through and gain insights on how these visits inspire and drive innovation in healthcare.
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Maria Dorthea Skov
Topics- Improvement and innovation
- Collaboration
- Improvement culture
- Innovation
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10 principles at the human heart of improvement: Tell us what you think
18 October 2022 4 minute readQ’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.
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Penny Pereira
Topics- Improvement and innovation
- Innovation
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Are systems conveners the leaders the NHS needs now more than ever?
1 September 2021 7 minute readThree 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.
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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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