£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 have the opportunity to refine and develop their ideas with the help of the Q community through a collaborative online process.
This year we are seeking project ideas on two themes:
- Building improvement capability across boundaries
- Understanding alternatives to traditional outpatient appointments
Voting is now closed and the votes are being counted and verified by ERS! The winners will be announced at the UK-wide Q community event and via live stream Wednesday 13 November 2019.
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
Cath Heaney commented on Building improvement capability across a system (North West Surrey) 2 days, 2 hours ago
Thanks Ed, sounds good. If you connect in with Heather Bokota on our team, she is coordinating our Surrey Improvers Network, which is the initially place where our learning will be shared.
Eileen Dudley liked Supporting parents to care for children with medical complexity 2 days, 3 hours ago
Ed Kingdon commented on The virtual hug of support 2 days, 4 hours ago
Congratulations on short-listing Fantastic to see health literacy being addressed and patient information modalities being evaluated Materials might influence- Resource uptake
- Patient understanding
- Patient engagement in decision making
- Adherence
Anna Mandeville commented on Psychology 4 Improvement 2 days, 4 hours ago
HI am very interested in this project as I have been experimenting with blending psychological approaches into improvement work. Worked as a psychologist in physical health in acute hospitals for many years, now doing community health work and mental health at BEH MHT and interim Clinical Director for Community Health. Actively involved in our improvement team as Faculty. Keen to be involved - looks like a much needed project.
Donna Chung liked Reducing unnecessary out-patient appointments in kidney care 2 days, 4 hours ago
