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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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  • Putting the power of data to work for patients

    Case study
    12 March 2025 
    5 minute read 

    A 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
    • Complexity
    • Improvement culture
    • Improvement research and evaluation
    • Innovation
    • Process improvement
    • Spread and adoption
    • Systems change
    • Leadership and management
    • Leadership
    • Management systems
    • Organisational development
    • Workforce and people
    • Quality of care
    • Clinical effectiveness
    • Health equity
    • Patient safety
    • Timeliness and efficiency
  • Kidney Essentials: improving patient information through co-design

    Case study
    3 March 2025 
    6 minute read 

    Royal 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
  • Local system collaboration to address care backlogs

    Case study
    29 August 2024 
    7 minute read 

    Implementing 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
  • Developing a peer-to-peer coaching service

    Case study
    29 August 2024 
    4 minute read 

    How peer-to-peer coaching is increasing access to supported self-management for people with long-term health conditions.

    Topics
    • Health sector challenges
    • Long-term conditions
    • Improvement and innovation
    • Co-production
    • Innovation
    • Networking
    • Leadership and management
    • Workforce and people
  • Quality Management Systems: resources to help you get started

    Guide
    22 July 2024 
    11 minute read 

    Draw 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
  • How-to guide: the Bedside Learning Coordinator role

    Guide
    8 August 2023 
    2 minute read 

    A 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
  • Leading successful partnerships

    Guide
    28 April 2022 
    2 minute read 

    Principles and best practice to support health and care leaders to improve their teams’ relationships and set up effective partnerships.

    Topics
    • Improvement and innovation
    • Collaboration
    • Improvement capability
    • Innovation
    • Systems change
    • Leadership and management
    • Leadership
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  • Learning systems

    Toolkit
    22 February 2022 
    2 minute read 

    An online toolkit to support teams and organisations to develop effective learning systems for health and care improvement.

    Topics
    • Improvement and innovation
    • Innovation
    • Spread and adoption
    • Leadership and management
    • Management systems
    • Organisational development
  • Human Factors Guide

    Guide
    28 January 2022 
    1 minute read 

    A free introductory guide to Human Factors for health care workers.

    Topics
    • Improvement and innovation
    • Improvement culture
    • Innovation
    • Leadership and management
    • Workforce and people
    • Quality of care
    • Clinical effectiveness
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