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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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  • Exploring what it means to work with a sense of joy

    Case study
    30 April 2025 
    4 minute read 

    The Joy in Work project aimed to enhance the fulfilment of health care staff through virtual sessions on quality improvement, collaboration, and work-life balance.

    Topics
    • Improvement and innovation
    • Improvement culture
    • Leadership and management
    • Leadership
    • Organisational development
    • Workforce and people
    • Quality of care
  • Reawakening Q’s coaching for improvement group

    Case study
    29 April 2025 
    4 minute read 

    Using 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Improvement Collaborative Handbook

    Toolkit
    16 October 2023 
    2 minute read 

    Tools to successfully lead, plan and implement an improvement collaborative to improve the safety and quality of health care.

    Topics
    • Improvement and innovation
    • Collaboration
    • Improvement capability
    • Improvement culture
    • Process improvement
    • Spread and adoption
    • Leadership and management
    • Workforce and people
    Downloads
  • Quality Management Systems webinar series

    Guide
    20 June 2023 
    3 minute read 

    Watch 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
  • Human Factors Guide

    Guide
    28 January 2022 
    2 minute read 

    This guide offers a practical place to begin understanding the power and insight of human factors and how to use them to improve safety, quality and efficiency for patients and staff.

    Topics
    • Improvement and innovation
    • Improvement culture
    • Innovation
    • Process improvement
    • Leadership and management
    • Workforce and people
    • Quality of care
    • Clinical effectiveness
    • Patient safety
    Downloads
  • Better productivity and experience: embedding an improvement system

    Case study
    24 November 2021 
    6 minute read 

    Transferable learning from Guy’s and St Thomas’ vaccination service.

    Topics
    • Health sector challenges
    • Productivity
    • Improvement and innovation
    • Improvement culture
    • Quality of care
    • Patient experience
  • Quality improvement made simple

    Guide
    23 April 2021 
    2 minute read 

    A guide for those thinking about how to re-design or develop new processes, pathways and services.

    Topics
    • Health sector challenges
    • COVID-19 and recovery
    • Improvement and innovation
    • Improvement culture
    • Systems change
    • Leadership and management
    • Management systems
    • Quality of care
    • Patient safety
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