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This is your Community Space: learning from our experiences together

Priya Banati | 14 Jul 2021 | 1 comment

Priya Banati, Q's Associate Director for Professional Development, shares more about the first in our new series of regular events for members. Find out more about what you can expect from Community Space.

Rapid insights and learning for quality improvement

Ursula Clarke | 22 Jun 2021 | 0 comment

Ursula Clarke, Q member and Patient Safety Lead for KSS AHSN, describes how a “Rapid Insights and Learning” approach can help health and care system colleagues to reflect on work done as part of the pandemic response.

Culture Camp: Learning to live with friction and discomfort

Juliette Kumar | 25 May 2021 | 0 comment

Juliette Kumar, Q member and Associate Director for Improvement & Education at the Innovation Agency, shares highlights from their first Culture Camp event, exploring the key themes: wellbeing, equity and innovation

Q in 2021-22: what to expect

Penny Pereira | 11 May 2021 | 0 comment

Q Initiative Director, Penny Pereira, shares 8 things to watch out for in Q over the coming year.

Service and staff recovery: how can improvement help?

Penny Pereira | 12 Apr 2021 | 0 comment

Q Initiative Director, Penny Pereira, reflects on the role that improvement can play in charting a realistic path for recovery that puts people – both those receiving and delivering care – at the centre.

Co-design during a pandemic: the Antenatal Big Room

Sabrina Das | 26 Mar 2021 | 0 comment

Sabrina Das and Amy Cruickshank, share their learnings in co-design for the Antenatal Big Room at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

Much to learn: What crisis can teach us about improvement

James Mountford | 19 Mar 2021 | 0 comment

Q members, James Mountford and Dominique Allwood discuss what can be learnt from their work to set up a learning system at pace at the London Nightingale Hospital at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Harvesting Human Factor and Ergonomics learning from an ICU during COVID-19

Gill Smith | 16 Mar 2021 | 0 comment

Q member, Gill Smith shares learning from NHSCT's application of the SEIPS Model during the pandemic and the importance of human-centred design in a crisis.

A potted history of the Near Me video appointment service – What is in a name?

Maimie Thompson | 5 Mar 2021 | 0 comment

Q member, Maimie Thompson shares the project development journey that resulted in the video appointment service, Near Me, and the many name changes that came along with it.

Creating a COVID-19 Learning Framework

Ruth Gray | 8 Feb 2021 | 0 comment

Q community members, Ruth Gray and Jocelyn Harpur, discuss the methodology and transferability of SEHCT's COVID-19 Learning Framework Report.