Opinion pieces
Diverse views and commentary from Q, community members and across the health and care improvement landscape.
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Worldviews: How can we borrow from research to take a systemic approach?
27 October 2023 3 minute readAndrew Ware takes a global view in this piece about looking outward for system improvement. Part one of a two-part series.
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Andrew Ware
Topics- Improvement and innovation
- Collaboration
- Innovation
- Leadership and management
- Leadership
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Why join Q? With Dr Amar Shah
25 October 2023 6 minute readDr Amar Shah explains the role Q is playing in today’s health and care sector and why people should join.
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Amar Shah
Topics- Improvement and innovation
- Improvement capability
- Leadership and management
- Leadership
- Workforce and people
- Quality of care
- Clinical effectiveness
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Join Q: a direct route to improving health and care
24 October 2023 6 minute readMembers share their reasons for being part of an increasingly impactful health and care improvement community.
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Stacey Lally
Topics- Improvement and innovation
- Collaboration
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Six ways the quality of health care is improving across the world
12 October 2023 6 minute readQ delegates share their highlights from this year’s International Society for Quality in Health Care (ISQua) conference.
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Henry Cann
Topics- Digital and data
- Analytics and data
- Leadership and management
- Workforce and people
- Quality of care
- Patient experience
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Developing principles for working across local systems
4 October 2023 3 minute readFind out more about our five principles for working across local systems to develop shared improvement approaches.
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Matt Hill
Topics- Leadership and management
- Leadership
- Workforce and people
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From theory to practice: how systems thinking equips QI practitioners for real-world challenges
2 October 2023 4 minute readQ member Dan Harley discusses how systems thinking can help QI practitioners to tackle ‘wicked problems’.
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Dan Harley
Topics- Improvement and innovation
- Collaboration
- Quality of care
- Timeliness and efficiency
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Launch of UK’s first online patient experience library
26 September 2023 5 minute readMiles Sibley tells us about the first-ever digital library of patient experience evidence and its potential to become a powerful new force in tackling health inequality.
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Miles Sibley
Topics- Digital and data
- Digital technology
- Health sector challenges
- Access and waiting times
- Quality of care
- Patient experience
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The value of death: how can we reimagine death and dying?
5 September 2023 4 minute readIn an age of medical advancements, Bethan Phillips reflects on how we can take a radical new approach to death and bereavement.
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Katy Saunders
Topics- Quality of care
- Patient experience
- Services
- Acute care
- End of life care
- Older people’s care
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Using QI to improve joy in work
31 August 2023 6 minute readJulia 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.
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Julia Wood
Topics- Improvement and innovation
- Improvement research and evaluation
- Leadership and management
- Workforce and people
- Quality of care
- Patient safety
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Solving NHS demand challenges with a sustainability lens
23 August 2023 7 minute readRachel McLean reflects on sustainability in quality improvement (SusQI) projects that show potential for improving patient care while saving staff time, saving money and reducing environmental impact.
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Rachel McLean
Topics- Health sector challenges
- Long-term conditions
- Quality of care
- Timeliness and efficiency
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