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Toolkits, guides, case studies and other quality improvement resources shared by Q members and the Q team.

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  • Podcast: Leading Improvement in Health and Care

    Case study
    18 November 2024 
    7 minute read 

    Sharing stories and exploring the challenges of people making changes across systems.

    Topics
    • Improvement and innovation
    • Leadership and management
  • Creative approaches to problem solving

    Toolkit
    5 September 2024 
    2 minute read 

    Q’s toolkit of 25 tried-and-tested methods for creative collaboration and problem-solving.

    Topics
    • Health sector challenges
    • Productivity
    • Improvement and innovation
    • Collaboration
    • Complexity
    • Improvement capability
    • Process improvement
    • Systems change
    Downloads
  • Implementing patient initiated follow-up

    Case study
    30 August 2024 
    5 minute read 

    A phased approach to improve access to services at NHS Surrey Heartlands Clinical Commissioning Group.

    Topics
    • Health sector challenges
    • Access and waiting times
    • Improvement and innovation
    • Process improvement
    • Quality of care
    • Timeliness and efficiency
  • Developing system-wide improvement approaches

    Framework
    29 August 2024 
    3 minute read 

    Five simple principles for working across local systems to develop shared improvement approaches for health and care.

    Topics
    • Improvement and innovation
    • Collaboration
    • Complexity
    • Improvement culture
    • Spread and adoption
    • Systems change
    • Leadership and management
    • Management systems
    • Workforce and people
    Downloads
  • Improving across health and care systems

    Framework
    29 August 2024 
    10 minute read 

    Plan and deliver large-scale health and care improvements across systems with this detailed framework developed in collaboration with sector leaders and aligned with NHS IMPACT.

    Topics
    • Improvement and innovation
    • Complexity
    • Flow
    • Improvement culture
    • Process improvement
    • Systems change
    • Leadership and management
    • Leadership
    Downloads
  • Using Lean to redesign pathways

    Case study
    29 August 2024 
    4 minute read 

    Applying learning from Lean improvement training to streamline paediatric care pathways.

    Topics
    • Digital and data
    • Digital technology
    • Measurement for improvement
    • Health sector challenges
    • Integration
    • Improvement and innovation
    • Improvement research and evaluation
  • Local system collaboration to address care backlogs

    Case study
    29 August 2024 
    7 minute read 

    Implementing new pathways with advice and guidance and enhanced perioperative care in Birmingham and Solihull.

    Topics
    • Improvement and innovation
    • Collaboration
    • Innovation
    • Networking
    • Quality of care
    • Patient experience
    • Timeliness and efficiency
  • Developing a peer-to-peer coaching service

    Case study
    29 August 2024 
    4 minute read 

    How peer-to-peer coaching is increasing access to supported self-management for people with long-term health conditions.

    Topics
    • Health sector challenges
    • Long-term conditions
    • Improvement and innovation
    • Co-production
    • Innovation
    • Networking
    • Leadership and management
    • Workforce and people
  • Quality Management Systems: resources to help you get started

    Guide
    22 July 2024 
    11 minute read 

    Draw learning and inspiration from different frameworks, tools and methods that others have used.

    Topics
    • Improvement and innovation
    • Complexity
    • Improvement research and evaluation
    • Innovation
    • Process improvement
    • Systems change
    • Leadership and management
    • Management systems
    • Organisational development
    • Quality of care
    • Clinical effectiveness
    • Patient experience
    • Patient safety
    • Timeliness and efficiency
  • Nurturing and weaving networks

    Toolkit
    25 May 2024 
    2 minute read 

    Tools, ideas and resources to help support people working in health and care improvement with working across multiple networks.

    Topics
    • Improvement and innovation
    • Co-production
    • Collaboration
    • Improvement capability
    • Improvement culture
    • Networking
    Downloads
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