£800,000 total funding available jointly from the Health Foundation and NHS England, it offers Q members the chance to develop project ideas and submit bids for up to £40,000 of funding
Exchange
Congratulations to the successful Q Exchange 6 projects! Read more about the funded projects below.
Q Exchange offers Q members the chance to develop project ideas and submit bids for up to £40,000 of funding.
For Q Exchange in 2024, we have £800,000 of funding for the programme. It is delivered by Q and jointly funded by the Health Foundation and NHS England.
Our collaborative online process supported members to refine and develop project ideas with the help of the Q community.
This year we were seeking project ideas on ‘How can we improve across system boundaries?’
Funding is available for proposals that reduce delays sustainably and equitably, focusing on one or more of the following areas:
- Redesigning care to best use the time and skills of those using and providing services.
- Understanding and improving how different parts of the system work together to meet patient/service user needs in accessing services.
- Improving the way waiting lists are prioritised and managed and supporting patients to wait better.
- Empowering and engaging the workforce to collaborate and use improvement methods in reducing waits.
Project teams must be led by a Q member for the duration of the project but can involve people who are not yet part of the community.
The successful Q Exchange 6 projects have now been announced! Find out more below.
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, and 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
Latest activity
Victoria Wallace commented on Further Together: Improving care though a new kind of partnership 7 Aug 2024
Thank you very much for commenting Evelyn - we will have a look at the information you kindly shared with us and see how it can inform our work. Vicki- What an important initiative! It is great that the funding has been awarded.
Noemi Palacios commented on Patient Safety Learning: Reaching the right people for action 1 Aug 2024
Thank you Evelyn for your lovely comment.
Mani Dhesi commented on Supercharging integrated care for long-term conditions across whole patient journey 31 Jul 2024
Hi Sarah, Thanks for reaching out and great to hear you are undertaking similar work. Would be more than happy to arrange a catch up to share ideas and learning. My email is mani.dhesi1@nhs.net. Thanks ManiHelen Hay liked Patient Safety Learning: Reaching the right people for action 29 Jul 2024
Nuala Hampson (she/her) commented on Medicine Waste in Care Homes: Reducing Social and Environmental Impact 29 Jul 2024
Thanks, Evelyn, will do!
Evelyn Prodger commented on Waiting times “Wonderlist” 28 Jul 2024
Congratulations on winning! Community Hospitals are great sites for innovation, often driven by need as they sit between acute and primary care. Please remember them when you are looking for exemplars - we identified many when we did our QExchange study during Covid https://www.communityhospitals.org.uk/quality-improvement/q-exchange-project.html We have a Community Hospital SIG on this site so please do join or get in contact if we can support or help in any way. Good luck!
