Upcoming events

London

New Q members welcome event – UCLPartners AHSN area

Our partners UCLPartners will be bringing new members together. This is an excellent way to immerse yourself in Q and meet others in the community in your area face to face.

Health Services Research UK Symposium

The Health Foundation and RAND Europe will be presenting a session entitled ‘Where evaluation, improvement and health service research meet: the opportunities and risks of embedded research’ at the Health Services Research UK Symposium (HSRUK).

St Helens

New Q members welcome event – North West Coast AHSN area

Our partners, Innovation Agency, will be bringing members together. This is an excellent way to immerse yourself in Q and meet others in the community in your area face to face.

Leeds

New Q members welcome event – Yorkshire & Humber AHSN area

Our partners, Improvement Academy, will be bringing new members together. This is an excellent way to immerse yourself in Q and meet others in the community in your area face to face.

Bristol

Bill Lucas ‘Habits of an Improver’ QI Masterclass

West of England AHSN will be hosting a Masterclass with Professor Bill Lucas, who will take Q members through his model 'The habits of an Improver.'

London12:00 Thursday 13 July to 14:00 Friday 14 July

Peer support: discovery and design

A two-day Q Lab workshop (13-14 July) interrogating the existing knowledge on peer support to understand where the biggest opportunities lie for developing and expanding peer support services.

South West Q Community Masterclass: Coaching, Mentoring and Positively Supporting Others with Improvement

The South West Academic Health Science Network (SW AHSN) is holding its second regional event to bring together the new members of Q. This event will continue to develop ideas and thinking, based around the core themes of Engage-Connect-Commit from the successful ‘Welcome to Q’ event. The day will be shaped around some of the key elements in the Health Foundation’s Q Compact. This document sets out the expectations of Q members, along with feedback from improvers which states one area to focus on developing, refreshing and enhancing skills and understanding is in ‘Coaching, Mentoring and Positively Supporting Others with Improvement’.

Launching the Q Evaluation SIG – Connecting the Q Evaluation Community

Do you want an opportunity to learn more about conducting embedded evaluations? Do you want an opportunity to put your questions to leading experts in evaluation? Do you want to join our Evaluation SIG? Then join us for our first virtual meeting on Tuesday 18th July from 12 until 1.

Birmingham

New Q members welcome event – West Midlands AHSN area

Our partners, West Midlands AHSN, will be bringing members together. This is an excellent way to immerse yourself in Q and meet others in the community in your area face to face.

London

Co-creating Q’s approach to learning

A workshop led together with Helen Bevan and the Horizon's team to co-create Q's approach to learning with others in the community.

London

Q Visit – Prostate Cancer UK (CPD certified)

Half day study day at Prostate Cancer UK learning about Appreciative Inquiry (AI) as an approach to quality improvement.

Scotland/the world

Bill Lucas – Healthcare Improvement Scotland: QI Connect WebEx

Another great speaker in the QI Connect WebEx series.

Edinburgh

New Q members welcome event – Scotland

Our partner, Healthcare Improvement Scotland, will be bringing all local members together for a community event. This will be an excellent way to immerse yourself in Q and meet other members face to face.

Q Visit – Department of Engineering, Cambridge University (CPD certified)

This will be a large open day event, to give 100 members an insight into joint work developed between the Royal Academy of Engineering, Royal College of Physicians and Academy of Medical Sciences around encouraging a systems approach within health care improvement.

London

ISQua International Conference 2017

ISQUA's 34th International Conference will take place in London on 1 – 4 October 2017. Q members can access an exclusive 10% discount on tickets.

Physiotherapy UK 2017

The is the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy's annual national conference supporting physiotherapy staff to transform lives, maximise independence and empower populations through service improvement, digital innovation, leadership and evidence based practice.

London21 & 22 November 2017

Patient First

Patient First organisers are inviting Q members to put forward thoughts and suggestions for speaker slots at the conference.

Q Visit – Northumbria Healthcare

Experienced based co-design - Study day

Liverpool

National Q event

A national Q community event open to all members. This event is currently being designed, however registration of interest is now open.

Scotland/the world

Sally Magnusson – Healthcare Improvement Scotland: QI Connect WebEx

Another great speaker in the QI Connect WebEx series.