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

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  • Why join Q? With Dr Amar Shah

    25 October 2023 
    6 minute read 

    Dr Amar Shah explains the role Q is playing in today’s health and care sector and why people should join.

    • Amar Shah
      Amar Shah
    Topics
    • Improvement and innovation
    • Improvement capability
    • Leadership and management
    • Leadership
    • Workforce and people
    • Quality of care
    • Clinical effectiveness
  • Read about how pscychology is being deployed as a quality improvement tool.

    • Rachel Trask
      Rachel Trask
    • Benna Waites
      Benna Waites
    Topics
    • Improvement and innovation
    • Collaboration
    • Improvement capability
    • Improvement research and evaluation
    • Innovation
    • Leadership and management
    • Organisational development
    • Workforce and people
  • Learn how health and care organisations are enabling change through adaptive spaces with insights from our Q groups.

    • Diane Ketley
      Diane Ketley
    • Matthew Mezey
      Matthew Mezey
    • Gareth Evans
      Gareth Evans
    Topics
    • Improvement and innovation
    • Complexity
    • Improvement capability
    • Improvement culture
    • Networking
    • Spread and adoption
  • COVID-19: insights from Highland

    3 April 2020 
    4 minute read 

    Gain insights from the pace of change in NHS Scotland over the past decade and how the pandemic made the seemingly impossible, possible.

    • Maimie Thompson
      Maimie Thompson
    Topics
    • Health sector challenges
    • COVID-19 and recovery
    • Improvement and innovation
    • Improvement capability
    • Patient and public involvement
  • The case for building a Quality Management System

    14 January 2020 
    6 minute read 

    Fredrik Johansson joined a Q Visit to Health Improvement Scotland (HIS) to learn about their work in developing a national quality management system and how this could help deliver high-quality care.

    • Freddie Johansson
      Freddie Johansson
    Topics
    • Improvement and innovation
    • Complexity
    • Improvement capability
    • Process improvement
    • Systems change
    • Leadership and management
    • Management systems
    • Quality of care
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