Together, to improve health and care
We are a large and vibrant membership community for people working to improve health and care across the UK and Ireland.
This is a place to share tips, tricks, challenges, plans, ‘strings’ and more around using ‘Liberating Structures‘ for health and care improvement.
We also meet online on the first Thursday of each month to experience and try out a particular structure – or a string of structures – in a supportive community.
The meet-ups are co-facilitated by members of the community, and while we all have different levels of experience with Liberating Structures, and facilitation more generally; no one is an expert! This is a peer-to-peer space where we can all feel safe to try something new and learn together through participation.
Appropriate good quality evaluation is essential component of quality improvement. This group has been set up to link members who have experience, expertise and an interest in the evaluation of quality improvement. It will offer a space for members to share, discuss and learn to enhance and develop evaluation theory, practice and utility. It is hoped that this group will also explore opportunities to link with other relevant groups, such as co-production, complexity, research, alongside wider Health Foundation work and external evaluation networks.
Improving governance of evaluation session at THIS Space 2026
in Evaluation
Evaluating AI for the NHS – is there a better way? at THIS Space 2026
in Digital, Data and AI
Leading Quality Together: 28 January 2027
Join us for a highly interactive conference which will bring together a great speaker line up and explore the practical tools, strategic approaches and collaborative ways of working needed to deliver high-quality care and drive lasting improvement.
Share, learn and collaborate
We offer networking and events, peer learning and groups, resources, and funding. This helps members to innovate, learn, and deliver their day-to-day work.
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Join the community
Members are at the heart of Q. Join our community for free access to learning resources, funding opportunities, events and networking.
Latest resources
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Cross-System Improvement Framework
Framework 29 May 2026 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. -
Harnessing peer learning and networking to unlock system change
Case study 5 October 2026 6 minute readEvidence shows peer learning and collaboration can enable ideas and culture to shift, and to create change in complex systems. But what does it take to do this well in the real-world?
What our members have to say
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“One of the best things about being part of Q is being around like-minded people. Everyone’s got that same focus and everyone’s got that same goal of making things better.”
Pete Donnelly
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“Q has been integral to my development. It’s opened my eyes and my heart… to a group of individuals who are so disparately spread across the country, all with the same aspiration, passion and belief.”
Hesham Abdalla
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“[Q] gives me the feeling that we are making a difference in different ways and that we are coming together with the different skills and experiences that we bring”
Chioma Obasi
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“I get so much more out of [Q] than I ever thought I would! The welcome has been amazing and it’s been from members and people involved in the organisation.”
Sabia Dayala
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“Q is the only community that enables people interested in quality improvement within the UK and Ireland to come together, learn and share. Whether you’re building your improvement skills or perhaps have more experience in improvement and are further developed in your career, the Q community is the best way to build your network.”
Amar Shah
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“When you’re sitting out there going ‘what can I do?’, there’s usually somebody out there that has done it and can help you or guide you, be that critical friend. – Sarah Wood”
Sarah Wood
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“The value of that access to the wider community around the five nations is so brilliant in terms of sharing, and learning from others. Not having to do everything yourself because other people sometimes know better.”
Lou Rodrigues
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“There’s such a wealth of knowledge in the thousands of members within Q across all aspects of health and outside of health. What is there not to value about that? You can’t buy that sort of knowledge and information off people.”
Chris Richmond
Director, GLR Consulting
Updates, opinions and insights
We find and share insight, skills, and ideas widely to create the culture and conditions for improvement efforts to succeed.
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Opinion piecesRead the latest views and opinions from members
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Insight projectsTake inspiration from members’ improvement experiences
Latest news, opinions and insights
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The NHS needs to make space to look outwards
Opinion piece 12 October 2026 6 minute readBryan Jones makes the case for NHS organisations do more to learn from others. He examines the policies, structures, behaviours and processes that could enable this. -
Action on quality improvement can’t wait
Opinion piece 30 September 2026 6 minute readErnesto Quider, Associate Director for Quality, Research and Innovation at North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust, shares his analysis and reaction to the NHS Quality Strategy for England. -
New framework to support safe expansion of independent prescribing in community pharmacy
News 24 September 2026 3 minute readA new framework outlines the structural, relational and confidence factors that to be in place for independent prescribing to be scaled effectively. -
What enables improvement at scale?
Opinion piece 16 September 2026 4 minute readPenny Pereira shares three key factors and three underpinning enablers that can unlock change at scale.
Improving health and care
Everyone should have access to high quality health care. Right now, they don’t. We know there are thousands of people working hard to change this. But without connections between them, we lose ideas and energy needed to solve the complex challenges we face.
Together, we make faster progress to improve health and care for everyone, everyday.
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Measuring our impact
What we have learned about Q’s impact so far, and how we evaluate our work.
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Q community demographics
Find out who is in Q, where they work, and the kinds of roles they have.
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Member directory
Explore our member directory. Discover who is in the community and make new connections.
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Our services
We can provide bespoke support to help you tackle your toughest challenges and create the conditions for effective change.