Opinion pieces
Diverse views and commentary from Q, community members and across the health and care improvement landscape.
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Beyond mandatory training: why Race and Health Matters should be required listening across the NHS
5 August 2026 8 minute readHosting a new podcast series, Q member Guddi Singh outlines how it is providing a new way of talking about race and inequality in the NHS and why those working in improvement should listen.
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Guddi Singh
Topics- Health sector challenges
- Equity, diversity and inclusion
- Leadership and management
- Workforce and people
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Using improvement to prevent avoidable employee harm
2 July 2026 5 minute readQ member Benna Waites shares how in NHS Wales they have been applying improvement methodologies to reduce harm caused by employee investigation and disciplinary processes.
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Benna Waites
Topics- Leadership and management
- Workforce and people
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Nurturing improvement networks: practical lessons from our SQC funding programme
7 May 2026 7 minute readDiscover ways to build connections, share learning and generate engagement in your improvement work.
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Tarnia Mason
Topics- Improvement and innovation
- Collaboration
- Improvement culture
- Networking
- Patient and public involvement
- Leadership and management
- Workforce and people
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What happens when racism is named in quality improvement?
25 February 2026 6 minute readSarindi Aryasinghe reflects on how we can do our bit to turn commitments to equity into real, tangible, everyday improvement work.
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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
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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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What burnout taught me
16 June 2025 5 minute readGuddi Singh reflects on what burn out taught her about leadership, impact and the cost of doing things differently.
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Guddi Singh
Topics- Improvement and innovation
- Collaboration
- Improvement culture
- Leadership and management
- Organisational development
- Workforce and people
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How stakeholder and journey mapping can help you understand complex challenges
24 October 2024 6 minute readRead 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
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Continuous improvement and management capacity in general practice
2 October 2024 5 minute readRead about the views of leaders in general practice about the role of QI in their work amidst pressures in the sector.
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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
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Improving patient communication and care with technology
24 September 2024 9 minute readA Q Exchange project looks at using innovative technology as part of an apporoach to reduce falls and pressure ulcers in elderly patients.
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Jonathan Yazbek
Topics- Digital and data
- Digital technology
- Health sector challenges
- Health and prevention
- Long-term conditions
- Improvement and innovation
- Patient and public involvement
- Leadership and management
- Workforce and people
- Quality of care
- Patient safety
- Services
- Mental health
- Older people’s care
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Creating a QI movement: how QI Week began
10 September 2024 3 minute readQ member Anita DeHavilland tells the story of creating QI Week running from 9 to 13 September 2024, and encourages you to get involved.
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Anita DeHavilland
Topics- Improvement and innovation
- Collaboration
- Improvement culture
- Networking
- Leadership and management
- Workforce and people
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