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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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  • Podcasts: Sharing others’ stories of improvement

    Case study
    17 September 2025 
    2 minute read 

    Here we share a selection of podcasts from some of those exploring new ways into improvement in health and care.

    Topics
    • Health sector challenges
    • Improvement and innovation
    • Leadership and management
    • Quality of care
  • Drawing on real-life experience, this resource outlines things to think about when crafting a business case that stands out – including the key elements and how to garner support.

    Topics
    • Improvement and innovation
    • Leadership and management
  • Blackpool 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
  • 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
  • Podcast: Leading Improvement in Health and Care

    Case study
    18 November 2024 
    9 minute read 

    Sharing stories and exploring the challenges of people making changes across systems.

    Topics
    • Improvement and innovation
    • Leadership and management
  • 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
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  • 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
  • Embedding analytics to improve inpatient flow

    Case study
    29 August 2024 
    4 minute read 

    Developing 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
    • 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
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