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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Reawakening Q’s coaching for improvement group
Case study29 April 2025 4 minute readUsing 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
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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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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 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 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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Learning systems
Toolkit22 February 2022 2 minute readAn 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
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Quality improvement made simple
Guide23 April 2021 2 minute readA 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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Liberating Structures
Guide14 July 2020 2 minute read33+ simple techniques for facilitating meetings, workshops and conversations.
Topics- Improvement and innovation
- Collaboration
- Flow
- Networking
- Leadership and management
- Management systems
- Workforce and people