£600,000 total funding available from the Health Foundation and NHSI, with up to £30,000 for each project
Exchange
Q Exchange is Q’s £600,000 funding programme, funded by the Health Foundation and NHS Improvement. The programme offers Q members the chance to develop project ideas and submit bids for up to £30,000 of funding.
Applicants refined and developed their ideas with the help of the Q community through a collaborative online process.
This year we sought project ideas on two themes:
- Building improvement capability across boundaries
- Understanding alternatives to traditional outpatient appointments
The votes have been counted and verified and the winners have been announced.
30 teams with collaboratively developed ideas, shortlisted for the Q community online vote
Q community members will vote online to decide which projects will receive funding
The Big Idea
Q Exchange aims to activate the knowledge of improvement experts across the UK; to create links between those leading work and those who can help champion, support, adopt these ideas; and to boost ideas that have the best potential to generate value for the health and care system.
Collective wisdom
Involve people who understand improvement to develop and select projects. Support all involved to learn from evidence, emerging ideas, and each other
Community
Create links between those leading work and others who champion, support, help adopt it
Impact
Boost ideas judged to have the best potential to generate insight and value for patients, staff, and the health and care system
The Timeline
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Idea generation
Upload your Q Exchange idea from 10 June 2019 and start to develop your idea with the support of the Q community
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Refine your idea
Convert your idea into a proposal on the website by 12.00 on Monday 29 July 2019 for it to be considered by the shortlisting panels
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Shortlisting
Shortlisting panels will assess proposals and select up to 30 projects to go forward to the vote. Shortlisted projects will be announced mid-September 2019
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Community vote
Q members will vote online to decide which projects will receive funding. Winners will be announced live at the UK-wide Q community event on 13 November 2019
Latest activity
Karen Fechter commented on Psychology 4 Improvement 2 weeks ago
Great to read P4I's first blog and so delighted this project is going strong - it's much needed. I first became interested in the psychology of human behaviour when working clinically. As an advanced clinical practitioner, I was always intrigued by patients labelled by other healthcare professionals as 'uncompliant'. Usually, after time spent listening to their experience, exploring their anxieties, hopes and needs, together we would agree a way forwards based on a shared understanding, with renewed self-belief and hope for the future. I often use a similar approach in improvement work and find it very frustrating when QI training focuses mainly on tools rather than the really important stuff - the psychology of change. Really looking forwards to learning more and contributing to this important work.
Rachel Trask edited the idea called Psychology 4 Improvement 2 weeks, 3 days ago
Beth Banfield edited the idea called Co-producing solutions to the outpatient challenge with patients 2 weeks, 3 days ago
Bethan Page commented on Supporting parents to care for children with medical complexity 2 weeks, 5 days ago
Read more about the challenges experienced by parents caring for children with complex medical needs in our publication: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/hex.13092 "Families have substantial expertise that needs to be valued and listened to, but they need help to ease the burden of care, and more preparation and support for the responsibilities they undertake. There is a clear psychological impact on the whole family which needs to be core to the preparation and support parents receive."
I'd be interested in supporting testing of the app once it's available - I have a dual interest in gamification for learning and the Human Factors topic area . Best wishes Gillian
Victoria Collins commented on Improvers without borders 1 month ago
Hi Nikki Thanks for getting in touch - that would be great if you are happy to share. I'll drop you an email and we can go from there. Best Regards Victoria
Tony Roberts commented on Ambulance Q: Enhance & Accelerate Improvement across boundaries 1 month, 1 week ago
I suspect covid will also have lowered some of the barriers to integrated working that many of your colleagues in ambulance services want to work on using QI, so you may find people are keen to work on this, once they've had a chance to recover from recent strains. Good luck.
Jonathan Turnbull-Ross edited the idea called Ambulance Q: Enhance & Accelerate Improvement across boundaries 1 month, 1 week ago
Gill Smith commented on Gamification for Human Factors 1 month, 1 week ago
Hi Brook - thanks for you feedback. We have made good progress (despite some setbacks as an impact of COVID-19) and are hoping to test the App late summer. We will reach out to those who have expressed an interest from the Q Community if you are interested in being part of our test group.