Blog archive

We know that great improvement work in general practice is happening across the country. Dr Rammya Mathew, GP Convenor of Q's Primary Care Special Interest Group, considers some of the ways we can tap into these.

An update on our process of co-creating the future of participation at Q, and what’s coming next.

Balancing urgent and planned care, particularly when running clinics with patient appointments booked in advance, is one of the more difficult challenges for health care services. Is there an approach that enables health care providers to respond to both longer term and urgent demand?

Could you help steer Q’s strategy and development? Penny Pereira, Q Initiative Director, shares how our governance is evolving and how members can get involved.

The Health Innovation Network’s Amy Semple shares how a Q Lab project with Mind enabled them to develop support for physiotherapists to address the psychological as well as physical wellbeing of patients.

The COVID-19 pandemic pressed fast-forward on virtual consultations and patient self-management. Here we share three Q Exchange projects working with patients on new technology to improve their care and the patient experience.

Founding Q member and Experience of Care co-production lead at NHS England and NHS Improvement Helen Lee tells how online events kept co-production alive through lockdown and invites you to take part.

Founding Q member and expert by experience Sibylle Erdmann thinks about the improvements to maternal and newborn care in the UK for World Patient Safety Day.

How will four new Adopting Innovation hubs cultivate the optimal environment for change to be implemented effectively, efficiently and sustainably? Laura Semple and Richard Stubbs share their reasons to be hopeful.

Find out about the Q Lab UK's new project in partnership with NHSX, and how you can get involved.