Resources
Toolkits, guides, case studies and other quality improvement resources shared by Q members and the Q team.
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Improving patient safety with the Blackpool Safety Barometer virtual dashboard
Case study21 May 2025 5 minute readBlackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has empowered frontline staff to improve patient safety with a dashboard that brings safety metrics into one place.
Topics- Improvement and innovation
- Systems change
- Leadership and management
- Management systems
- Quality of care
- Patient safety
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Partnering with patients on ways to improve care before treatment
Case study23 April 2025 5 minute readThe first national forum for perioperative and prehabilitation care is looking at ways to better support patients before, during and following their treatment.
Topics- Health sector challenges
- Access and waiting times
- Health and prevention
- Long-term conditions
- Improvement and innovation
- Innovation
- Patient and public involvement
- Systems change
- Quality of care
- Patient experience
- Person-centred care
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Creative approaches to problem solving
Toolkit5 September 2024 2 minute readQ’s toolkit of 25 tried-and-tested methods for creative collaboration and problem-solving.
Topics- Health sector challenges
- Productivity
- Improvement and innovation
- Collaboration
- Complexity
- Improvement capability
- Process improvement
- Systems change
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PDF 3.2 MB 30 pages 29 minute read
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Developing system-wide improvement approaches
Framework29 August 2024 3 minute readFive 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
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PDF 907.2 KB 1 page 1 minute read
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Improving across health and care systems
Framework29 August 2024 10 minute readPlan 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
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FrameworkImproving across health and care systemsPDF 717.6 KB 1 page 1 minute read
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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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How improvement can help during times of pressure
Toolkit9 December 2022 6 minute readDiscover resources that show how improvement approaches can help, even during times of high NHS demand and workforce pressures.
Topics- Improvement and innovation
- Improvement capability
- Improvement research and evaluation
- Process improvement
- Systems change
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Leading successful partnerships
Guide28 April 2022 2 minute readPrinciples 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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PDF 3.8 MB 13 pages 13 minute read
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Do remote consultations reduce greenhouse gas emissions?
Guide9 February 2022 4 minute readQ member Inge Steinbach from the Centre for Sustainable Healthcare introduces a tool for calculating their carbon footprint.
Topics- Digital and data
- Analytics and data
- Health sector challenges
- Productivity
- Improvement and innovation
- Spread and adoption
- Systems change
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Futures and Foresight
Guide11 May 2021 2 minute readThe following guide provides an overview of some of the tools and models from futures and foresight.
Topics- Digital and data
- Measurement for improvement
- Improvement and innovation
- Complexity
- Improvement capability
- Improvement research and evaluation
- Systems change
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PDF 595.5 KB 13 pages 5 minute read