Resources
Toolkits, guides, case studies and other quality improvement resources shared by Q members and the Q team.
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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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Kidney Essentials: co-design to improve patient information
Case study3 March 2025 6 minute readRoyal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust and Cognitant worked with chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients to co-design written and interactive digital information.
Topics- Digital and data
- Improvement and innovation
- Co-production
- Quality of care
- Patient experience
- Person-centred care
- Services
- Acute care
- Community services
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Great Ormond Street Hospital: sustained quality improvement and enhanced patient outcomes
Case study25 February 2025 4 minute readGreat Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust (GOSH) is implementing a Quality Governance Framework for Enhanced Patient Care
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East London NHS Foundation Trust’s systematic approach to quality
Case study25 February 2025 4 minute readEast London NHS Foundation Trust outlines how they are developing an integrated quality management system around a culture of continuous improvement.
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Northern Health and Social Care Trust: beginning the quality management journey
Case study25 February 2025 3 minute readUsing the principles of QMS to support the delivery of high-quality care outlined in its Quality Strategy 2024–2027.
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Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust: partnering with the Virginia Mason Institute
Case study25 February 2025 4 minute readLeeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is developing a management system grounded in improvement thinking to evolve how it manages quality.
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NHS Lanarkshire: Building a structure and setting a long-term strategy for Whole System Quality
Case study25 February 2025 5 minute readNHS Lanarkshire is building a structure and setting a long-term strategy for Whole System Quality which underpins their Quality Strategy 2023–29.