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Opinion pieces

Diverse views and commentary from Q, community members and across the health and care improvement landscape.

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  • The NHS needs to make space to look outwards

    12 October 2026 
    6 minute read 

    Bryan 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.

    • Bryan Jones
      Bryan Jones
    Topics
    • Improvement and innovation
    • Improvement culture
    • Spread and adoption
    • Leadership and management
    • Organisational development
  • Action on quality improvement can’t wait

    30 September 2026 
    6 minute read 

    Ernesto 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.

    • Ernesto Jr N. Quider
      Ernesto Jr N. Quider
    Topics
    • Leadership and management
    • Management systems
    • Policy and regulation
    • Quality of care
  • What enables improvement at scale?

    16 September 2026 
    4 minute read 

    Penny Pereira shares three key factors and three underpinning enablers that can unlock change at scale.

    • Penny Pereira
      Penny Pereira
    Topics
    • Improvement and innovation
    • Complexity
    • Improvement capability
    • Improvement culture
    • Spread and adoption
    • Systems change
    • Leadership and management
    • Leadership
  • Hosting a new podcast series, Q member Guddi Singh outlines how it is providing a new way of talking about race and inequality in the NHS and why those working in improvement should listen.

    • Guddi Singh
      Guddi Singh
    Topics
    • Health sector challenges
    • Equity, diversity and inclusion
    • Leadership and management
    • Workforce and people
  • Q member Benna Waites shares how in NHS Wales they have been applying improvement methodologies to reduce harm caused by employee investigation and disciplinary processes.

    • Benna Waites
      Benna Waites
    Topics
    • Leadership and management
    • Workforce and people
  • Our Managing Director, Penny Pereira, reflects on how Q has been adapting over the last few months to ensure we can keep supporting you to drive improvements.

    • Penny Pereira
      Penny Pereira
  • Discover our new toolkit to support your conversations on system improvement

    • Anindita Ghosh
      Anindita Ghosh
    Topics
    • Health sector challenges
    • Improvement and innovation
    • Collaboration
    • Flow
    • Improvement capability
    • Improvement culture
    • Innovation
    • Process improvement
    • Systems change
    • Leadership and management
    • Leadership
    • Organisational development
  • How we’re improving our membership process

    14 May 2026 
    6 minute read 

    After listening and learning how we can improve inclusion and impact in our community, Q is moving to an open membership process. We share why we’re making this change and its benefits.

    • Tarnia Mason
      Tarnia Mason
    • Henry Cann
      Henry Cann
    Topics
    • Improvement and innovation
    • Improvement culture
  • Discover ways to build connections, share learning and generate engagement in your improvement work.

    • Tarnia Mason
      Tarnia Mason
    Topics
    • Improvement and innovation
    • Collaboration
    • Improvement culture
    • Networking
    • Patient and public involvement
    • Leadership and management
    • Workforce and people
  • Looking at NHS reform differently: From the inside out

    16 April 2026 
    6 minute read 

    Drawing from their research, Q members Catherine Harrison and Bryan Jones explain how redressing the balance between transactional systems and relational care could support NHS reform.

    • Catherine Harrison
      Catherine Harrison
    • Bryan Jones
      Bryan Jones
    Topics
    • Health sector challenges
    • Improvement and innovation
    • Improvement culture
    • Leadership and management
    • Leadership
    • Quality of care
    • Person-centred care
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