Opinion pieces

With fieldwork for the 2025 NHS staff survey set to begin, we reflect on the results of the 2024 survey and what we can learn about staff engagement – and its consequences for improvement.

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  Bryan Jones
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  Penny Pereira
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  Nicola Burgess

Read about how Q Labs explore complexity and challenges in health care at system level using stakeholder and journey mapping.

Matthew Hill, Head of Insight, Evaluation and Research, gives an update on the independent evaluation of Q.

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  Matt Hill

Q member, Guddi Singh offers three approaches for keeping perspective while engaged in the change journey.

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  Guddi Singh

Explore the role that philosophy can play in upholding an active culture of scepticism in health care improvement.

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  Polly Mitchell

Themes and insights from our recent evidence review of social innovation labs and their impact within complex systems.

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  Libby Keck

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

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  Sarah Rae

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

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  Judy Rees

Help 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

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.

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  Julia Wood