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Testing improvement ideas: Keele University and Midlands Partnership NHS FT

Kay Stevenson | 9 May 2019 | 1 comment

Kay Stevenson introduces the ideas Keele University and Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust will be testing with the Q Lab over the next 4-5 months.

I’m Enjoying Work – are you?

Annabelle Burns | 9 May 2019 | 0 comment

Annabelle Burns shares how a recent Q Visit to East London Foundation Trust provided her with inspiration and motivation to improve Joy in Work for all.

Let’s talk about value in healthcare

Darren Wright | 7 May 2019 | 5 comments

To really understand quality we first need to appreciate the value provided by services and how that value is created. Service-dominant logic gives us a new framework to understand how value works and its application gives us a way to create much better patient focused services.

Q Exchange Improvement Capability – Building on the foundations. Join us for the workshop on June 12th

Chris Collison | 3 May 2019 | 0 comment

Are you interested in creating a tool which makes improvement capability easy to understand, inspires local teams to take action and helps us unlock the value of our 3000 Q members? Then please join us in Birmingham on June 12th...

Testing improvement ideas: Health Innovation Network

Amy Semple | 3 May 2019 | 0 comment

Amy Semple shares details on the kinds of ideas the Health Innovation Network will be testing with the Q Lab to improve care for people with both mental health problems and persistent back and neck pain.

From RAGs to Riches – how many coins are in the piggy bank?

Kate Cheema | 1 May 2019 | 1 comment

Find out how the first six months of RAGs to Riches has progressed and learn more about our mission and how you can get involved (including a party invite)!

Developing and testing ideas: some early reflections

Dominic Burton | 26 Apr 2019 | 2 comments

Four organisations are working with the Q Lab to develop and test new ways of improving care for people with mental health problems and persistent pain. Here are some early reflections as the work gets underway.

NHS Assembly, The Health Foundation and being an Outsider.

Rod Kersh | 23 Apr 2019 | 3 comments

It is hard to be an Outsider. It is hard to go it alone. We humans aren’t designed for prolonged battles of isolation;

Q Exchange 2019: themes announced

Penny Pereira | 17 Apr 2019 | 3 comments

Q Exchange will be even bigger and better in 2019. Penny Pereira announces the two themes and invites the Q community to get their thinking caps on.

Patient perspective on Continuity of Care – an opportunity to share your views and inform our programme delivery

Hannah Patel | 16 Apr 2019 | 0 comment

The Health Foundation is seeking Q patient representatives to be involved in an advisory group their Continuity of Care in General Practice programme.