Opinion pieces
Diverse views and commentary from Q, community members and across the health and care improvement landscape.
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From framework to action: supporting Improvement across systems
1 June 2026 5 minute readDiscover our new toolkit to support your conversations on system improvement
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Anindita Ghosh
Topics- Health sector challenges
- Improvement and innovation
- Collaboration
- Flow
- Improvement capability
- Improvement culture
- Innovation
- Process improvement
- Systems change
- Leadership and management
- Leadership
- Organisational development
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Deepening understanding of children and young people experiencing mental health crisis
5 March 2026 5 minute readAarthi Ravishankar and Rosanna Hardwick, from Social Finance, share findings on effective early intervention and prevention for children and young people presenting in mental health crisis.
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Aarthi Ravishankar
Topics- Digital and data
- Analytics and data
- Health sector challenges
- Equity, diversity and inclusion
- Improvement and innovation
- Process improvement
- Quality of care
- Patient experience
- Services
- Children and young people
- Neighbourhood health
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The reality of change in the NHS: making the most of improvement approaches
30 June 2025 5 minute readPenny Pereira on the action needed to realise the potential of improvement methods at scale.
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Penny Pereira
Topics- Improvement and innovation
- Process improvement
- Spread and adoption
- Systems change
- Leadership and management
- Workforce and people
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Co-designing the Systems Quality Improvement Practitioner Programme
15 August 2024 4 minute readSid Beech shares his experience of kickstarting the Q Exchange project, Systems QI Practitioner Programme, with a co-design session to agree the scope, audience and draft topic outline.
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Sid Beech
Topics- Digital and data
- Measurement for improvement
- Improvement and innovation
- Co-production
- Process improvement
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Top tips for engaging stakeholders in reducing waits
16 July 2024 6 minute readFive lessons teams participating in Q Lab learned about engaging stakeholders in their work to reduce waits.
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Spela Godec
Topics- Health sector challenges
- Access and waiting times
- Improvement and innovation
- Co-production
- Flow
- Improvement capability
- Improvement culture
- Process improvement
- Spread and adoption
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Co-designing streamlined care for children’s services
21 February 2024 8 minute readQ Exchange project lead Clare Smith shares successes and challenges in creating a single point of access to children’s services in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.
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Clare Smith
Topics- Digital and data
- Digital technology
- Health sector challenges
- Access and waiting times
- Improvement and innovation
- Co-production
- Complexity
- Patient and public involvement
- Process improvement
- Quality of care
- Patient experience
- Services
- Children and young people
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Improving patient outcomes through sustainability and QI
13 October 2022 7 minute readThree Q connectors share their ideas for realising the link between sustainability and improvement in patient outcomes.
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Jess Rose
Topics- Improvement and innovation
- Innovation
- Process improvement
- Systems change
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The case for building a Quality Management System
14 January 2020 6 minute readFredrik Johansson joined a Q Visit to Health Improvement Scotland (HIS) to learn about their work in developing a national quality management system and how this could help deliver high-quality care.
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Freddie Johansson
Topics- Improvement and innovation
- Complexity
- Improvement capability
- Process improvement
- Systems change
- Leadership and management
- Management systems
- Quality of care
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