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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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  • A paediatric nurse explains how she developed an online training package for carers and parents of children with complex needs.

    • Una Hughes
      Una Hughes
    Topics
    • Digital and data
    • Digital technology
    • Improvement and innovation
    • Co-production
    • Leadership and management
    • Workforce and people
    • Services
    • Children and young people
  • Learning from Q Lab: reflections on flow theory

    10 October 2022 
    4 minute read 

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

    • Spela Godec
      Spela Godec
    • Sarah Rae
      Sarah Rae
    Topics
    • Health sector challenges
    • Access and waiting times
    • Improvement and innovation
    • Co-production
    • Collaboration
    • Flow
    • Patient and public involvement
  • Understanding Psychology of Change

    10 June 2021 
    3 minute read 

    Read about the Psychology for Improvememnt (P4I) approach and watch a recording of a session with Kate Hilton.

    • Samuel Thornton
      Samuel Thornton
    Topics
    • Improvement and innovation
    • Co-production
    • Complexity
    • Improvement culture
    • Leadership and management
    • Leadership
    • Organisational development
    • Workforce and people
  • Read about how Q is approaching racial inequality and improvement and actions we can all consider to address this.

    • Tarnia Mason
      Tarnia Mason
    Topics
    • Health sector challenges
    • Equity, diversity and inclusion
    • Improvement and innovation
    • Co-production
    • Patient and public involvement
    • Leadership and management
    • Workforce and people
    • Quality of care
    • Health equity
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