Sign in

Opinion pieces

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

85 results
Interested in
  • Learning from Q Lab: Slowing down to move forward?

    10 January 2024 
    4 minute read 

    Learn how organisations collaborating to reduce delays are approaching improvement in these reflections from our Q Lab workshop.

    • Sarah Rae
      Sarah Rae
    Topics
    • Improvement and innovation
    • Improvement research and evaluation
    • Quality of care
    • Person-centred care
  • Improving productivity: resources from Q

    9 January 2024 
    7 minute read 

    Resources from Q to give you inspiration and help bring people with you when tackling health and care improvement in a system under pressure.

    • Penny Pereira
      Penny Pereira
    Topics
    • Health sector challenges
    • Productivity
    • Improvement and innovation
    • Improvement capability
    • Improvement culture
    • Leadership and management
    • Workforce and people
  • Clean Language in health care cuts to the chase

    4 December 2023 
    4 minute read 

    How using Clean Language questions in health and care reveals what really matters.

    • Judy Rees
      Judy Rees
    Topics
    • Improvement and innovation
    • Improvement research and evaluation
    • Quality of care
    • Patient experience
  • In his second blog in this series, Q connector Andrew Ware considers how changing the logic behind improvement projects can help to deal with uncertainty. Part two of a two-part series.

    • Andrew Ware
      Andrew Ware
    Topics
    • Improvement and innovation
    • Collaboration
    • Innovation
    • Spread and adoption
    • Leadership and management
    • Leadership
    • Organisational development
  • 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
  • Help us consider who else might benefit from joining Q’s health and care improvement community and learn about the strategic case for improvement.

    • Penny Pereira
      Penny Pereira
    Topics
    • Improvement and innovation
    • Collaboration
    • Improvement culture
    • Improvement research and evaluation
  • Promoting health equity with colleagues in Q

    1 November 2023 
    3 minute read 

    Clare Cable explains the value and benefits that the Q community brings to health care improvement.

    • Clare Cable
      Clare Cable
    Topics
    • Health sector challenges
    • Equity, diversity and inclusion
    • Improvement and innovation
    • Collaboration
    • Leadership and management
    • Workforce and people
  • Andrew Ware takes a global view in this piece about looking outward for system improvement. Part one of a two-part series.

    • Andrew Ware
      Andrew Ware
    Topics
    • Improvement and innovation
    • Collaboration
    • Innovation
    • Leadership and management
    • Leadership
  • 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
  • Join Q: a direct route to improving health and care

    24 October 2023 
    6 minute read 

    Members share their reasons for being part of an increasingly impactful health and care improvement community.

    • Stacey Lally
      Stacey Lally
    Topics
    • Improvement and innovation
    • Collaboration
email hidden; JavaScript is required
Q, The NHS Alliance, 2nd Floor, 18 Smith Square, London, SW1P 3HZ
© 2026 The Health Foundation
Website: William Joseph