Opinion pieces
Diverse views and commentary from Q, community members and across the health and care improvement landscape.
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Can we learn anything about system pressure from Q Exchange?
24 July 2023 4 minute readAs our latest round of funded Q Exchange teams prepare to start their projects, we reflect on what the 120 proposals received this year tell us about pressures within the system.
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Jenny Lincoln
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The power of peer-to-peer approaches to kickstart lasting culture change
13 July 2023 6 minute readExperience the transformative power of a Q Visit to Huddlecraft through and gain insights on how these visits inspire and drive innovation in healthcare.
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Maria Dorthea Skov
Topics- Improvement and innovation
- Collaboration
- Improvement culture
- Innovation
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Amplifying diverse voices: ingredients for successful co-production
5 July 2023 6 minute readSabrina Das, Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, reflects on her work co-producing services with local mothers in the Family Voices Big Room.
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Sabrina Das
Topics- Health sector challenges
- Equity, diversity and inclusion
- Improvement and innovation
- Patient and public involvement
- Services
- Mental health
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Landmark suite of tools puts co-production at the centre of quality improvement
22 June 2023 5 minute readHelen Lee at NHS England’s Experience of Care co-production programme tells us about some work her team has been doing to put co-production at the centre of quality improvement.
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Helen Lee
Topics- Quality of care
- Patient experience
- Person-centred care
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In conversation with Sir Jim Mackey: improvement and reducing waits in elective care
4 May 2023 6 minute readPenny Pereira talks to Jim Mackey, NHS England’s National Director of Elective Recovery, about NHS successes and challenges in treatment delays – and how the improvement community can contribute.
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Penny Pereira
Topics- Leadership and management
- Leadership
- Quality of care
- Timeliness and efficiency
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NHS Improvement: how can our leaders and workforce come together to make the most of the new approach?
21 April 2023 6 minute readPenny Pereira, Q’s Managing Director, considers the new approach, its potential impact and what it means for members and others working to improve health and care in England and beyond.
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Penny Pereira
Topics- Leadership and management
- Leadership
- Workforce and people
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What do the latest NHS Staff Survey results, and Q’s new insight, tell us about staff engagement?
27 March 2023 6 minute readDiscover insight from Q about the latest NHS Staff Survey and our ongoing work focusing on staff engagement in major change.
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Henry Cann
Topics- Improvement and innovation
- Improvement research and evaluation
- Leadership and management
- Workforce and people
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Back to basics: a simpler way of understanding QMS for NHS organisations
21 March 2023 7 minute readFollowing a panel event on Quality Management Systems, we have been talking about ways of introducing QMS into a health care setting. Mirek Skrypak shares an approach that he has developed.
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Mirek Skrypak
Topics- Leadership and management
- Leadership
- Management systems
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Applying Juran’s Trilogy in the NHS
13 March 2023 4 minute readIn his third blog in a series on designing a Quality Management System (QMS) for the NHS, Dr Tom Rose discusses how Juran’s Trilogy can be applied in a health care setting.
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Thomas Rose
Topics- Digital and data
- Digital technology
- Quality of care
- Patient safety
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The Meaning of Quality and the Juran Trilogy
26 January 2023 6 minute readFollowing 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.
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Thomas Rose
Topics- Improvement and innovation
- Complexity
- Leadership and management
- Management systems
- Quality of care
- Timeliness and efficiency
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