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

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  • Q member Dan Harley discusses how systems thinking can help QI practitioners to tackle wicked problems’.

    • Dan Harley
      Dan Harley
    Topics
    • Improvement and innovation
    • Collaboration
    • Quality of care
    • Timeliness and efficiency
  • Using QI to improve joy in work

    31 August 2023 
    6 minute read 

    Julia Wood reflects on the Joy in Work Special Interest Group which looks at how to use QI tools to bring more enjoyment to the work day.

    • Julia Wood
      Julia Wood
    Topics
    • Improvement and innovation
    • Improvement research and evaluation
    • Leadership and management
    • Workforce and people
    • Quality of care
    • Patient safety
  • Experience the transformative power of a Q Visit to Huddlecraft through and gain insights on how these visits inspire and drive innovation in healthcare.

    • Maria Dorthea Skov
      Maria Dorthea Skov
    Topics
    • Improvement and innovation
    • Collaboration
    • Improvement culture
    • Innovation
  • Sabrina Das, Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, reflects on her work co-producing services with local mothers in the Family Voices Big Room.

    • Sabrina Das
      Sabrina Das
    Topics
    • Health sector challenges
    • Equity, diversity and inclusion
    • Improvement and innovation
    • Patient and public involvement
    • Services
    • Mental health
  • Discover insight from Q about the latest NHS Staff Survey and our ongoing work focusing on staff engagement in major change.

    • Henry Cann
      Henry Cann
    Topics
    • Improvement and innovation
    • Improvement research and evaluation
    • Leadership and management
    • Workforce and people
  • The Meaning of Quality and the Juran Trilogy

    26 January 2023 
    6 minute read 

    Following on from our webinar and blog on Designing a Quality Management System for the NHS, Dr Tom Rose takes a closer look at the Juran Trilogy, its definition of quality and how it can be applied.

    • Thomas Rose
      Thomas Rose
    Topics
    • Improvement and innovation
    • Complexity
    • Leadership and management
    • Management systems
    • Quality of care
    • Timeliness and efficiency
  • Turning Safety-II thinking into action

    17 January 2023 
    6 minute read 

    Critics of Safety-II point to a lack of evidence of its ability to fulfil its promise. Are they right?

    • Simon Gill
      Simon Gill
    Topics
    • Improvement and innovation
    • Systems change
    • Leadership and management
    • Management systems
    • Quality of care
    • Patient safety
  • 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.

    • Sophia Mody
      Sophia Mody
    Topics
    • Health sector challenges
    • Equity, diversity and inclusion
    • Improvement and innovation
    • Collaboration
    • Leadership and management
    • Workforce and people
    • Services
    • Mental health
  • Q’s Managing Director Penny Pereira suggests principles that are key to the human side of improvement, drawing on insight from across the Q community, and invites you to share your thoughts.

    • Penny Pereira
      Penny Pereira
    Topics
    • Improvement and innovation
    • Innovation
  • Improving patient outcomes through sustainability and QI

    13 October 2022 
    7 minute read 

    Three Q connectors share their ideas for realising the link between sustainability and improvement in patient outcomes.

    • Jess Rose
    Topics
    • Improvement and innovation
    • Innovation
    • Process improvement
    • Systems change
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