Opinion pieces
Diverse views and commentary from Q, community members and across the health and care improvement landscape.
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How micro-funding can unlock health improvements for communities
9 December 2025 6 minute readQ member Karla Rimaitis considers the shift to neighbourhood health in light of her experiences with improvement and innovation in primary care.
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Karla Rimaitis
Topics- Health sector challenges
- Integration
- Services
- Community services
- Older people’s care
- Neighbourhood health
- Voluntary services
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Applying Liberating Structures to support co-production and design
5 August 2024 4 minute readHilda Campbell MBE, CEO of COPE Scotland, shares what she’s learnt about the power of Liberating Structures for recruiting and retaining volunteers for health and care improvement.
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Hilda Campbell MBE
Topics- Improvement and innovation
- Collaboration
- Services
- Voluntary services
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Learning from our Community Hospitals Special Interest Group
18 June 2024 5 minute readPresident of the Community Hospitals Association, Helen Tucker reflects on her improvement work with patients and communities on local health and social care services.
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Helen Tucker
Topics- Health sector challenges
- COVID-19 and recovery
- Improvement and innovation
- Collaboration
- Improvement culture
- Networking
- Services
- Community services
- Voluntary services
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How healing and trust play a part in health improvement
30 April 2024 4 minute readQ member Sabrina Das reflects on an Experience Day and how trust built in a local community that had suffered historical trauma contributed to its success.
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Sabrina Das
Topics- Health sector challenges
- COVID-19 and recovery
- Equity, diversity and inclusion
- Health and prevention
- Improvement and innovation
- Co-production
- Collaboration
- Improvement culture
- Patient and public involvement
- Services
- Community services
- Maternity and neo-natal
- Voluntary services
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