Opinion pieces
Diverse views and commentary from Q, community members and across the health and care improvement landscape.
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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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Back to basics: a simpler way of understanding QMS for NHS organisations
21 March 2023 7 minute readFollowing 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.
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Mirek Skrypak
Topics- Leadership and management
- Leadership
- Management systems
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The Meaning of Quality and the Juran Trilogy
26 January 2023 6 minute readFollowing 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.
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Thomas Rose
Topics- Improvement and innovation
- Complexity
- Leadership and management
- Management systems
- Quality of care
- Timeliness and efficiency
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Turning Safety-II thinking into action
17 January 2023 6 minute readCritics of Safety-II point to a lack of evidence of its ability to fulfil its promise. Are they right?
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Simon Gill
Topics- Improvement and innovation
- Systems change
- Leadership and management
- Management systems
- Quality of care
- Patient safety
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Designing a Quality Management System for the NHS
2 December 2022 5 minute readDiscover how NHS quality improvement fits into a QMS and how it can be implemented in an NHS trust.
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Thomas Rose
Topics- Leadership and management
- Management systems
- Quality of care
- Timeliness and efficiency
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The case for building a Quality Management System
14 January 2020 6 minute readFredrik Johansson joined a Q Visit to Health Improvement Scotland (HIS) to learn about their work in developing a national quality management system and how this could help deliver high-quality care.
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Freddie Johansson
Topics- Improvement and innovation
- Complexity
- Improvement capability
- Process improvement
- Systems change
- Leadership and management
- Management systems
- Quality of care
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