Opinion pieces

Critics of Safety-II point to a lack of evidence of its ability to fulfil its promise. Are they right?

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  Simon Gill

Discover how NHS quality improvement fits into a QMS and how it can be implemented in an NHS trust.

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  Thomas Rose

Sophia Mody reflects on how setting up a Community of Practice at her trust has cultivated welcoming and empowering social spaces for neurodiverse staff members and patients.

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  Sophia Mody

Q’s Managing Director Penny Pereira suggests principles that are key to the human side of improvement, drawing on insight from across the Q community, and invites you to share your thoughts.

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  Penny Pereira

Three Q connectors share their ideas for realising the link between sustainability and improvement in patient outcomes.

• Jess Rose

Highlights from Q’s first Lab on how patients and staff can collaborate on ways to reduce waits for elective care.

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  Spela Godec
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  Sarah Rae

Q’s in-person events will create space for you to connect with collaborators and lead the change you want to see.

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  Jen Morgan

Read about a medic who shared her birth experience as a maternity patient with the team who provided her care

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  Sabrina Das
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  Fazeela Chharawala

More than ever as health care practitioners, we need ways of capturing and making sense of experiences we’ve been through so we can use them to improve not only patient care, but our own wellbeing.

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  Margaret Codd

Loretta Jenkins explains how Ireland’s Health Service Executive (HSE) is applying human factors to improve safety, quality and efficiency in health care settings

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  Loretta Jenkins