Sign in

Opinion pieces

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

14 results
Interested in
  • What happens when racism is named in quality improvement?

    25 February 2026 
    6 minute read 

    Sarindi Aryasinghe reflects on how we can do our bit to turn commitments to equity into real, tangible, everyday improvement work.

    • Sarindi Aryasinghe
      Sarindi Aryasinghe
    Topics
    • Health sector challenges
    • Equity, diversity and inclusion
    • Improvement and innovation
    • Improvement culture
    • Systems change
    • Leadership and management
    • Workforce and people
    • Quality of care
    • Health equity
  • Q member Guddi Singh on what led her to create a new BBC Radio 4 series asking the questions the health service avoids – and what the answers mean for improvement.

    • Guddi Singh
      Guddi Singh
    Topics
    • Health sector challenges
    • Health and prevention
    • Improvement and innovation
    • Co-production
    • Innovation
    • Patient and public involvement
    • Systems change
    • Quality of care
    • Health equity
    • Person-centred care
    • Services
    • Children and young people
    • Community services
  • Penny Pereira on the action needed to realise the potential of improvement methods at scale.

    • Penny Pereira
      Penny Pereira
    Topics
    • Improvement and innovation
    • Process improvement
    • Spread and adoption
    • Systems change
    • Leadership and management
    • Workforce and people
  • Bryan Jones, Senior Improvement Fellow at the Health Foundation, and Penny Pereira, Q’s Managing Director, discuss leveraging improvement expertise in implementing neighbourhood health models.

    • Penny Pereira
      Penny Pereira
    • Bryan Jones
      Bryan Jones
    Topics
    • Improvement and innovation
    • Systems change
    • Services
    • Community services
    • Neighbourhood health
  • Read about how Q Labs explore complexity and challenges in health care at system level using stakeholder and journey mapping.

    Topics
    • Improvement and innovation
    • Collaboration
    • Complexity
    • Improvement research and evaluation
    • Innovation
    • Patient and public involvement
    • Systems change
    • Leadership and management
    • Workforce and people
  • How to bring an equitable approach to reducing waiting times

    25 September 2024 
    6 minute read 

    Katie and Spela explore what the Q Lab teams learned about ensuring equity while reducing appointment waiting times and share some top tips for ensuring equitable access to services.

    • Spela Godec
      Spela Godec
    • Katie Clarke-Day
      Katie Clarke-Day
    Topics
    • Health sector challenges
    • Access and waiting times
    • Equity, diversity and inclusion
    • Long-term conditions
    • Improvement and innovation
    • Co-production
    • Patient and public involvement
    • Systems change
    • Quality of care
    • Patient experience
    • Person-centred care
  • Lessons in hiking: the ups and downs of making change

    19 June 2024 
    5 minute read 

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

    • Guddi Singh
      Guddi Singh
    Topics
    • Improvement and innovation
    • Collaboration
    • Complexity
    • Improvement culture
    • Improvement research and evaluation
    • Systems change
    • Leadership and management
    • Leadership
  • The Q team share the improvement themes from this year’s Forum, including looking at failure, rule-breaking and adding rigour to QI.

    • Penny Pereira
      Penny Pereira
    • Libby Keck
      Libby Keck
    • Matt Hill
      Matt Hill
    • Spela Godec
      Spela Godec
    Topics
    • Health sector challenges
    • Equity, diversity and inclusion
    • Improvement and innovation
    • Improvement capability
    • Innovation
    • Spread and adoption
    • Systems change
    • Leadership and management
  • 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
  • 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
email hidden; JavaScript is required
Q, The NHS Alliance, 2nd Floor, 18 Smith Square, London, SW1P 3HZ
© 2026 The Health Foundation
Website: William Joseph