Resources
Toolkits, guides, case studies and other quality improvement resources shared by Q members and the Q team.
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Kidney Essentials: improving patient information through co-design
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
- Analytics and data
- Digital technology
- Improvement and innovation
- Co-production
- Improvement culture
- Improvement research and evaluation
- Innovation
- Patient and public involvement
- Process improvement
- Spread and adoption
- Systems change
- Quality of care
- Patient experience
- Patient safety
- Person-centred care
- Services
- Acute care
- Community services
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Local system collaboration to address care backlogs
Case study29 August 2024 7 minute readImplementing 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
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Embedding analytics to improve inpatient flow
Case study29 August 2024 4 minute readDeveloping organisational data capability to increase productivity and improve experience.
Topics- Digital and data
- Analytics and data
- Health sector challenges
- Productivity
- Leadership and management
- Workforce and people
- Quality of care
- Patient experience
- Person-centred care
- Timeliness and efficiency
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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 capability
- 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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How-to guide: the Bedside Learning Coordinator role
Guide8 August 2023 2 minute readA range of resources aimed at supporting individuals and organisations in health and care to implement the Bedside Learning Coordinator (BLC) role.
Topics- Health sector challenges
- COVID-19 and recovery
- Improvement and innovation
- Collaboration
- Improvement capability
- Innovation
- Process improvement
- Spread and adoption
- Quality of care
- Patient experience
- Person-centred care
- Services
- Acute care
- Urgent and emergency care
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Better productivity and experience: embedding an improvement system
Case study24 November 2021 6 minute readTransferable learning from Guy’s and St Thomas’ vaccination service.
Topics- Health sector challenges
- Productivity
- Improvement and innovation
- Improvement culture
- Quality of care
- Patient experience
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Videos: applying an equity lens to improvement
Case study8 December 2020 1 minute readWatch short videos of teams tackling severe inequality in our health and care system.
Topics- Health sector challenges
- COVID-19 and recovery
- Equity, diversity and inclusion
- Improvement and innovation
- Improvement capability
- Improvement culture
- Quality of care
- Health equity
- Patient experience