Opinion pieces
Diverse views and commentary from Q, community members and across the health and care improvement landscape.
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Evaluating QI capacity building
28 May 2024 2 minute readRead an evaluation based on the Kirkpatrick model about QI capacity building using workforce collaboration and leadership and management.
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Iain Smith
Topics- Improvement and innovation
- Collaboration
- Leadership and management
- Workforce and people
- Quality of care
- Timeliness and efficiency
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From theory to practice: how systems thinking equips QI practitioners for real-world challenges
2 October 2023 4 minute readQ member Dan Harley discusses how systems thinking can help QI practitioners to tackle ‘wicked problems’.
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Dan Harley
Topics- Improvement and innovation
- Collaboration
- Quality of care
- Timeliness and efficiency
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Solving NHS demand challenges with a sustainability lens
23 August 2023 7 minute readRachel McLean reflects on sustainability in quality improvement (SusQI) projects that show potential for improving patient care while saving staff time, saving money and reducing environmental impact.
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Rachel McLean
Topics- Health sector challenges
- Long-term conditions
- Quality of care
- Timeliness and efficiency
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In conversation with Sir Jim Mackey: improvement and reducing waits in elective care
4 May 2023 6 minute readPenny Pereira talks to Jim Mackey, NHS England’s National Director of Elective Recovery, about NHS successes and challenges in treatment delays – and how the improvement community can contribute.
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Penny Pereira
Topics- Leadership and management
- Leadership
- Quality of care
- Timeliness and efficiency
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The Meaning of Quality and the Juran Trilogy
26 January 2023 6 minute readFollowing 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.
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Thomas Rose
Topics- Improvement and innovation
- Complexity
- Leadership and management
- Management systems
- Quality of care
- Timeliness and efficiency
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Designing a Quality Management System for the NHS
2 December 2022 5 minute readDiscover how NHS quality improvement fits into a QMS and how it can be implemented in an NHS trust.
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Thomas Rose
Topics- Leadership and management
- Management systems
- Quality of care
- Timeliness and efficiency
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Human factors: designing systems for safety, quality and efficiency
23 May 2022 4 minute readLoretta Jenkins explains how Ireland’s Health Service Executive (HSE) is applying human factors to improve safety, quality and efficiency in health care settings
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Loretta Jenkins
Topics- Digital and data
- Analytics and data
- Improvement and innovation
- Complexity
- Improvement culture
- Improvement research and evaluation
- Leadership and management
- Organisational development
- Workforce and people
- Quality of care
- Patient safety
- Timeliness and efficiency
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A Lean approach to providing high quality care on demand
21 October 2021 4 minute readRead about using Lean principles to manage patient flow at a GP surgery handling longer term and urgent demand
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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
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