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Using stories to build the evidence base for peer support

Hawys Tomos | 20 Apr 2018 | 0 comment

How might stories be used to better capture the holistic impact that peer support can have on peoples' lives?

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

Have your say – Q Community Event 2018 member input

Johanna Cronin | 12 Apr 2018 | 0 comment

Join other Q members in helping select the break-out session topics for this year's UK-wide Q community event

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

Mark Thorpe | 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 | 0 comment

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 | 7 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

Abigail Harrison | 25 Mar 2018 | 0 comment

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.