Resources
Toolkits, guides, case studies and other quality improvement resources shared by Q members and the Q team.
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Creating a thriving community hospitals network
Case study6 June 2025 6 minute readHow the Community Hospitals Association, supported by Q, established a UK-wide network to nurture quality improvement in community hospitals.
Topics- Health sector challenges
- COVID-19 and recovery
- Improvement and innovation
- Collaboration
- Networking
- Services
- Community services
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Improving patient safety with the Blackpool Safety Barometer virtual dashboard
Case study21 May 2025 5 minute readBlackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has empowered frontline staff to improve patient safety with a dashboard that brings safety metrics into one place.
Topics- Improvement and innovation
- Systems change
- Leadership and management
- Management systems
- Quality of care
- Patient safety
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Using virtual QI games to boost learning
Case study1 May 2025 5 minute readHow the gamification of training can engage staff and boost improvement capacity in health and care.
Topics- Digital and data
- Analytics and data
- Digital technology
- Improvement and innovation
- Innovation
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Exploring what it means to work with a sense of joy
Case study30 April 2025 4 minute readThe Joy in Work project aimed to enhance the fulfilment of health care staff through virtual sessions on quality improvement, collaboration, and work-life balance.
Topics- Improvement and innovation
- Improvement culture
- Leadership and management
- Leadership
- Organisational development
- Workforce and people
- Quality of care
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Five key principles for supporting peer learning
Project report29 April 2025 1 minute readThis infographic shares five principles for supporting peer learning for system improvement. It was developed from the learnings in the report.
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Reawakening Q’s coaching for improvement group
Case study29 April 2025 4 minute readUsing a high-impact engagement programme approach with a focus on member experience, this Q team has reinvigorated Q’s Coaching Improvement group
Topics- Improvement and innovation
- Improvement culture
- Spread and adoption
- Leadership and management
- Leadership
- Management systems
- Organisational development
- Workforce and people
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Partnering with patients on ways to improve care before treatment
Case study23 April 2025 5 minute readThe first national forum for perioperative and prehabilitation care is looking at ways to better support patients before, during and following their treatment.
Topics- Health sector challenges
- Access and waiting times
- Health and prevention
- Long-term conditions
- Improvement and innovation
- Innovation
- Patient and public involvement
- Systems change
- Quality of care
- Patient experience
- Person-centred care
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Black Maternity Matters delivers safer maternity care for Black mothers
Case study7 April 2025 7 minute readLearn how the Black Maternity Matters collaborative co-produced a QI approach to reduce inequitable maternity outcomes.
Topics- Improvement and innovation
- Patient and public involvement
- Spread and adoption
- Quality of care
- Clinical effectiveness
- Health equity
- Patient experience
- Patient safety
- Person-centred care
- Services
- Maternity and neo-natal
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Putting the power of data to work for patients
Case study12 March 2025 5 minute readA team of researchers and clinicians is helping analysts and decision makers in in the NHS to realise the power of data through statistical process control.
Topics- Digital and data
- Analytics and data
- Measurement for improvement
- Health sector challenges
- Access and waiting times
- Productivity
- Improvement and innovation
- Process improvement
- Quality of care
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Accessible venue checklist
Template6 March 2025 1 minute readIf you’ve got an in-person event coming up, use this list to assess how accessible the venue is.
Topics- Health sector challenges
- Equity, diversity and inclusion
- Improvement and innovation
- Collaboration
- Networking
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TemplateQ Accessible venue checklistDOCX 182.5 KB 2 pages 1 minute read