Opinion pieces
Diverse views and commentary from Q, community members and across the health and care improvement landscape.
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Bringing a sense of shared purpose to improvement at a national scale
20 February 2024 10 minute readQ managing director Penny Pereira in conversation with Dr Amar Shah on his new role as National Clinical Director for Improvement.
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Penny Pereira
Topics- Improvement and innovation
- Collaboration
- Improvement culture
- Spread and adoption
- Leadership and management
- Leadership
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Social innovation labs: strengthening health and care improvement
30 January 2024 5 minute readThemes and insights from our recent evidence review of social innovation labs and their impact within complex systems.
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Libby Keck
Topics- Improvement and innovation
- Collaboration
- Complexity
- Improvement research and evaluation
- Innovation
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Quality improvement and health inequalities
15 January 2024 4 minute readLook at how QI can impact health inequalities and learn about Queen Mary University of London research to explore the issue.
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Lucy Johnson
Topics- Health sector challenges
- Equity, diversity and inclusion
- Leadership and management
- Workforce and people
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Learning from Q Lab: Slowing down to move forward?
10 January 2024 4 minute readLearn how organisations collaborating to reduce delays are approaching improvement in these reflections from our Q Lab workshop.
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Sarah Rae
Topics- Improvement and innovation
- Improvement research and evaluation
- Quality of care
- Person-centred care
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Improving productivity: resources from Q
9 January 2024 7 minute readResources from Q to give you inspiration and help bring people with you when tackling health and care improvement in a system under pressure.
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Penny Pereira
Topics- Health sector challenges
- Productivity
- Improvement and innovation
- Improvement capability
- Improvement culture
- Leadership and management
- Workforce and people
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Clean Language in health care cuts to the chase
4 December 2023 4 minute readHow using Clean Language questions in health and care reveals what really matters.
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Judy Rees
Topics- Improvement and innovation
- Improvement research and evaluation
- Quality of care
- Patient experience
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Worldviews, logic and wicked problems: my changing approach to improvement
1 December 2023 4 minute readIn 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.
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Andrew Ware
Topics- Improvement and innovation
- Collaboration
- Innovation
- Spread and adoption
- Leadership and management
- Leadership
- Organisational development
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Transforming training for carers of children with complex needs
21 November 2023 7 minute readA paediatric nurse explains how she developed an online training package for carers and parents of children with complex needs.
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Una Hughes
Topics- Digital and data
- Digital technology
- Improvement and innovation
- Co-production
- Leadership and management
- Workforce and people
- Services
- Children and young people
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Redefining who and what counts when it comes to health improvement
7 November 2023 5 minute readHelp us consider who else might benefit from joining Q’s health and care improvement community and learn about the strategic case for improvement.
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Penny Pereira
Topics- Improvement and innovation
- Collaboration
- Improvement culture
- Improvement research and evaluation
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Promoting health equity with colleagues in Q
1 November 2023 3 minute readClare Cable explains the value and benefits that the Q community brings to health care improvement.
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Clare Cable
Topics- Health sector challenges
- Equity, diversity and inclusion
- Improvement and innovation
- Collaboration
- Leadership and management
- Workforce and people
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