Evidence and briefings

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Your source of high-quality reports and briefings to inform improvement strategy and practice.

Curated reading from leading experts

Q works with members and partners to together create the culture and conditions in which health care improvement efforts succeed.

In this section, you’ll find commissioned and curated essential reading to inspire, inform and guide your work leading and embedding improvement practices in your setting or system.

Briefings on the big issues and evidence summaries on improvement approaches share the latest thinking on what’s needed to support change.

Improvement as infrastructure: case studies in neighbourhood health
8 minute read

Impactful case studies from Q‑funded projects demonstrate important lessons for realising the ambition for neighbourhood health.
The ripples of impact: how innovation labs create system change
8 minute read

At Q, we set out to understand how an innovation lab can support system change.
England’s Quality Strategy: How can we use this to accelerate improvement in health and care?
6 minute read

This briefing draws out what the Quality Strategy from NHS England means for Q members, together with resources that can support you to implement it locally.
An effective approach to change
11 minute read

The health and care system needs more structured and coherent approaches to change. Based on the best evidence and Q’s experience supporting change, we set out some key elements of such an approach.
From innovation to widespread adoption: key principles
10 minute read

Based on the best evidence and Q’s experience supporting adoption and spread over the past decade, we set out here eight key principles to guide this work.
Managing quality during change
8 minute read

We know that large scale change often poses risks to quality. A Quality Management System, or the use of its principles, can provide a structured approach to help address that challenge.
How Q and improvement can transform our health care system

Discover how improvement approaches and Q can drive the implementation of the 10 Year Health Plan
Do innovation labs improve health and care services
3 minute read

Find out what we discovered in a rapid evidence review of innovation labs.
The strategic case for improvement
3 minute read

This briefing from the Health Foundation is essential reading for anyone responsible for tackling challenges and improving quality in health care settings or systems.