Resources
Toolkits, guides, case studies and other quality improvement resources shared by Q members and the Q team.
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Writing a compelling business case for improvement and innovation: top tips
Guide20 August 2025 4 minute readDrawing on real-life experience, this resource outlines things to think about when crafting a business case that stands out – including the key elements and how to garner support.
Topics- Improvement and innovation
- Leadership and management
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Quality Management Systems: resources to help you get started
Guide22 July 2024 11 minute readDraw 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
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Remote monitoring of kidney function
Guide6 June 2024 2 minute readHow remote monitoring devices can be designed and deployed to maximise staff and patient trust and confidence.
Topics- Digital and data
- Digital technology
- Health sector challenges
- Long-term conditions
- Quality of care
- Patient experience
- Patient safety
- Services
- Acute care
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PDF 6.0 MB 20 pages 19 minute read
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Nurturing and weaving networks
Toolkit25 May 2024 2 minute readTools, 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
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How to measure and improve engagement with staff in major change
Toolkit17 October 2023 2 minute readA toolkit for engaging staff well in change including a guide and flexible tools to measure engagement.
Topics- Health sector challenges
- Productivity
- Leadership and management
- Leadership
- Management systems
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Evaluation toolSurvey of staffExcel 82.3 KB 4 pages 4 minute read -
Evaluation toolPlanning and reflectionExcel 83.3 KB 4 pages 4 minute read
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Quality Coach Development Programme
Toolkit20 September 2023 3 minute readA suite of resources for training health and care staff in the essential skills and knowledge needed to successfully coach teams and individuals through quality improvement work.
Topics- Improvement and innovation
- Collaboration
- Improvement capability
- Spread and adoption
- Leadership and management
- Organisational development
- Workforce and people
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Evaluation toolQuality Coach Development Programme Evaluation GuidePDF 593.6 KB 35 pages 29 minute read -
GuideQCDP Handbook (updated)PDF 8.3 MB 258 pages 325 minute read -
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Evaluation toolWorking Styles QuestionnairePDF 90.2 KB 1 page 2 minute read -
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TemplateSession 1 Activity TemplatePDF 100.1 KB 1 page 3 minute read -
TemplateSession 2 Activity TemplatePDF 1.3 MB 1 page 12 minute read -
TemplateSession 3 Activity TemplatePDF 731.6 KB 1 page 6 minute read -
TemplateSession 4 Activity Template QCDP 1PDF 2.2 MB 1 page 4 minute read -
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TemplateSession 6 Activity Template QCDPPDF 103.2 KB 1 page 9 minute read -
TemplateSession 7 Activity Template QCDP 1PDF 1.0 MB 1 page 27 minute read -
TemplateSession 8 Activity Template QCDP 1PDF 256.9 KB 1 page 9 minute read -
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How to host a Safety Improvement Coffee Trial
Guide1 September 2023 0 minute readFind out how to host a “safety improvement coffee trial” to bring together Q members and other health care professionals and patients to discuss patient safety and quality improvement.
Topics- Improvement and innovation
- Collaboration
- Innovation
- Networking
- Process improvement
- Leadership and management
- Organisational development
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PDF 126.2 KB
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How-to guide: the Bedside Learning Coordinator role
Guide8 August 2023 2 minute readSupport staff and organisations in health and care to implement the Bedside Learning Coordinator (BLC) role with this range of resources from UCL Partners.
Topics- Health sector challenges
- COVID-19 and recovery
- Improvement and innovation
- Process improvement
- Spread and adoption
- Quality of care
- Patient experience
- Person-centred care
- Services
- Urgent and emergency care
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Quality Management Systems webinar series
Guide20 June 2023 3 minute readWatch the recordings from our two sets of webinars exploring Quality Management Systems (QMS) in health and care.
Topics- Improvement and innovation
- Collaboration
- Improvement capability
- Improvement culture
- Leadership and management
- Management systems
- Quality of care
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How to write a Q funding bid
Guide7 February 2023 3 minute readAn interactive guide to support Q members with creating a successful funding application for Q’s grant programmes.
Topics- Improvement and innovation
- Collaboration
- Improvement capability
- Leadership and management
- Organisational development
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PDF 3.2 MB 15 pages 11 minute read