Opinion pieces
Diverse views and commentary from Q, community members and across the health and care improvement landscape.
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Improving patient communication and care with technology
24 September 2024 10 minute readA Q Exchange project looks at using innovative technology as part of an apporoach to reduce falls and pressure ulcers in elderly patients.
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Jonathan Yazbek
Topics- Digital and data
- Digital technology
- Health sector challenges
- Health and prevention
- Long-term conditions
- Improvement and innovation
- Patient and public involvement
- Leadership and management
- Workforce and people
- Quality of care
- Patient safety
- Services
- Mental health
- Older people’s care
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Addressing digital exclusion in mental health services
3 April 2024 7 minute readQ Exchange project lead Rachael Middle shares how Isle of Wight NHS Trust is improving digital inclusion for people accessing their mental health services.
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Rachael Middle
Topics- Digital and data
- Digital technology
- Health sector challenges
- Equity, diversity and inclusion
- Services
- Mental health
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Amplifying diverse voices: ingredients for successful co-production
5 July 2023 6 minute readSabrina Das, Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, reflects on her work co-producing services with local mothers in the Family Voices Big Room.
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Sabrina Das
Topics- Health sector challenges
- Equity, diversity and inclusion
- Improvement and innovation
- Patient and public involvement
- Services
- Mental health
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Start somewhere and go everywhere: setting up a Community of Practice for those with neurodiversity
9 November 2022 4 minute readSophia 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.
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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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The power of reflective practice in staff recovery and wellbeing
8 July 2022 5 minute readMore than ever as health care practitioners, we needs ways of capturing and making sense of experiences we’ve been through so we can use them to improve not only patient care, but our own wellbeing.
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Margaret Codd
Topics- Health sector challenges
- COVID-19 and recovery
- Quality of care
- Person-centred care
- Services
- Mental health
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