Resources
Toolkits, guides, case studies and other quality improvement resources shared by Q members and the Q team.
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Leading Improvement in Health and Care podcast
Case study18 November 2024 7 minute readSharing stories and exploring the challenges of people making changes across systems.
Topics- Improvement and innovation
- Leadership and management
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Implementing patient initiated follow-up
Case study30 August 2024 5 minute readA phased approach to improve access to services, NHS Surrey Heartlands CCG.
Topics- Health sector challenges
- Access and waiting times
- Improvement and innovation
- Process improvement
- Quality of care
- Timeliness and efficiency
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Using Lean to redesign pathways
Case study29 August 2024 4 minute readThe benefits of applying a Lean improvement methodology to make service changes to improve productivity, clinician capacity and patient experience.
Topics- Digital and data
- Digital technology
- Measurement for improvement
- Health sector challenges
- Integration
- Improvement and innovation
- Improvement research and evaluation
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Local system collaboration to address care backlogs
Case study29 August 2024 6 minute readBirmingham and Solihull Integrated Care System tackled pre-COVID care backlogs by innovating workflows, reducing outpatient referrals via Advice and Guidance, and boosting post-op recovery capacity.
Topics- Improvement and innovation
- Collaboration
- Innovation
- Networking
- Quality of care
- Patient experience
- Timeliness and efficiency
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Embedding analytics to improve inpatient flow
Case study29 August 2024 4 minute readIntegrating data and analytics in improvement programmes enhances inpatient flow, but cultural and system-level changes are crucial to realising full benefits, as seen in system collaboration.
Topics- Quality of care
- Patient experience
- Person-centred care
- Timeliness and efficiency
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Developing a peer-to-peer coaching service
Case study29 August 2024 4 minute readLearning from co-designing a volunteer peer coaching service to enable more people to safely join the Patient Initiated Follow Up pathway.
Topics- Improvement and innovation
- Co-production
- Networking
- Leadership and management
- Workforce and people
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Embedding an improvement system for better productivity and experience
Case study24 November 2021 6 minute readTransferable learning from Guy’s and St Thomas’ vaccination service
Topics- Improvement and innovation
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Marketplace: How to apply an equity-lens in your improvement
Case study8 December 2020 1 minute readCOVID-19 has highlighted deep social inequalities in health and care.
Topics- Health sector challenges
- COVID-19 and recovery
- Equity, diversity and inclusion
- Improvement and innovation
- Improvement capability
- Improvement culture