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My Improvement Journey: Julia Wood

Julia Wood | 13 Apr 2018 | 0 comment

Julia Wood, Q member and director of Julia Wood & Associates Ltd, discusses her new Joy at Work Special Interest Group, and shares her improvement journey, started by accident and still going strong 15 years on

Q Exchange resources: Peer support learning

Jenna Collins | 6 Apr 2018 | 0 comment

The Q Exchange is an exciting opportunity for Q members to win funding for their peer support ideas. To help, the Q Lab has summarised our learning, using existing evidence and highlighting new insights surfaced through the Lab process.

Creating solutions to the challenge of sex and intimacy for care home residents with dementia

Ruth De Sainte Croix | 4 Apr 2018 | 0 comment

Ruth de Sainte Croix, Q member and Innovation and Research Development Manager at Alzheimer’s Society, shares her teams' work investigating how to better support care homes with residents living with dementia on the subject of sex and intimacy.

Measurement and monitoring of safety framework in a mental health setting

Q Community Administrator | 3 Apr 2018 | 0 comment

Ashworth Hospital in Merseyside share a case study of how they implemented a new patient safety framework in a mental health care setting.

My Improvement Journey: Thomas Rose

Thomas John Rose | 29 Mar 2018 | 3 comments

Thomas Rose - Research Fellow, Institute of Applied Health Research, University of Birmingham - shares his improvement journey from electrical engineering to the NHS, and invites new members to join the Process Visualisation SIG.

Venturing into the Unknown

Sheena Visram | 27 Mar 2018 | 0 comment

Following her talk at the Q Community London welcome event earlier this year, Sheena Visram shares the first of two blogs on building partnerships and socialising healthcare, drawing from her recent experiences in digital health and the choreographing of TEDxNHS 2017.

Q Exchange – What might make for a winning bid?

Penny Pereira | 27 Mar 2018 | 9 comments

Penny Pereira shares a few thoughts on the kind of projects we’re looking to support via Q Exchange and what might make for a winning bid.

Lets Talk About Evaluation

Q Community Administrator | 25 Mar 2018 | 2 comments

Welcome to the Evaluation Station. The accessible and fun way to get practical advice from global experts in evaluation. Hear about why and how the series was developed and find out about the latest episode.

Liberating Structures Workshop – sharing learning

The Q Team | 23 Mar 2018 | 0 comment

On Thursday 8 March, Seattle-based Keith McCandless and Fisher Qua from Liberating Structures led an immersive workshop at the Health Foundation.

Q Lab peer support workshop 21 March: Live blog

Sarah Khoo | 19 Mar 2018 | 0 comment

A live blog from the Q Lab's final workshop on peer support. Get involved by commenting on the blog or on twitter (@theQcommunity #QLabs)