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Opinion pieces

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

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  • Jem Ramazanoglu, Quality Improvement Programme Manager, writes about the potential for the NHS Quality Strategy for England to transform healthcare improvement.

    • Jem Ramazanoglu
      Jem Ramazanoglu
    Topics
    • Improvement and innovation
    • Improvement capability
    • Leadership and management
    • Leadership
    • Management systems
  • Action on quality improvement can’t wait

    30 September 2026 
    6 minute read 

    Ernesto Quider, Associate Director for Quality, Research and Innovation at North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust, shares his analysis and reaction to the NHS Quality Strategy for England.

    • Ernesto Jr N. Quider
      Ernesto Jr N. Quider
    Topics
    • Leadership and management
    • Management systems
    • Policy and regulation
    • Quality of care
  • Drawing on our work on QMS and a roundtable we convened with NHS England, we offer recommendations for how the quality strategy can best meet the needs of the health sector.

    • Spela Godec
      Spela Godec
    • Matt Hill
      Matt Hill
    Topics
    • Digital and data
    • AI and automation
    • Analytics and data
    • Health sector challenges
    • Leadership and management
    • Management systems
    • Quality of care
  • Read about the views of leaders in general practice about the role of QI in their work amidst pressures in the sector.

    • Rammya Mathew
      Rammya Mathew
    Topics
    • Improvement and innovation
    • Improvement capability
    • Improvement culture
    • Innovation
    • Leadership and management
    • Leadership
    • Management systems
    • Organisational development
    • Workforce and people
    • Services
    • Primary care
  • Following 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.

    • Mirek Skrypak
      Mirek Skrypak
    Topics
    • Leadership and management
    • Leadership
    • Management systems
  • The Meaning of Quality and the Juran Trilogy

    26 January 2023 
    6 minute read 

    Following 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.

    • Thomas Rose
      Thomas Rose
    Topics
    • Improvement and innovation
    • Complexity
    • Leadership and management
    • Management systems
    • Quality of care
    • Timeliness and efficiency
  • 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
  • Designing a Quality Management System for the NHS

    2 December 2022 
    5 minute read 

    Discover how NHS quality improvement fits into a QMS and how it can be implemented in an NHS trust.

    • Thomas Rose
      Thomas Rose
    Topics
    • Leadership and management
    • Management systems
    • Quality of care
    • Timeliness and efficiency
  • A Lean approach to providing high quality care on demand

    21 October 2021 
    4 minute read 

    Read about using Lean principles to manage patient flow at a GP surgery handling longer term and urgent demand

    • Christopher Weatherburn
      Christopher Weatherburn
    Topics
    • Digital and data
    • Measurement for improvement
    • Health sector challenges
    • Access and waiting times
    • Productivity
    • Leadership and management
    • Management systems
    • Quality of care
    • Timeliness and efficiency
  • The case for building a Quality Management System

    14 January 2020 
    6 minute read 

    Fredrik 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.

    • Freddie Johansson
      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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