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 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

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

What if we set up a quality framework with patients and staff that used positive feedback to improve morale and model the social behaviours we want to reinforce in health and care settings?

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  Gemma Crossingham

Read about how pscychology is being deployed as a quality improvement tool.

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  Rachel Trask
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  Benna Waites

Read about using Lean principles to manage patient flow at a GP surgery handling longer term and urgent demand

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  Christopher Weatherburn

Read about a proposal for making suitable and sustainable professional development opportunities more widely available in and health and care.

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  Richard Hixson

Three Q members – Isabel Ho, Esther Hall and Carl Davies – describe the unique ways in which they connect staff and empower change as system conveners across health and social care.

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  Tanya Royer