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

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  • 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
  • Looking at NHS reform differently: From the inside out

    16 April 2026 
    6 minute read 

    Drawing from their research, Q members Catherine Harrison and Bryan Jones explain how redressing the balance between transactional systems and relational care could support NHS reform.

    • Catherine Harrison
      Catherine Harrison
    • Bryan Jones
      Bryan Jones
    Topics
    • Health sector challenges
    • Improvement and innovation
    • Improvement culture
    • Leadership and management
    • Leadership
    • Quality of care
    • Person-centred care
  • Aarthi Ravishankar and Rosanna Hardwick, from Social Finance, share findings on effective early intervention and prevention for children and young people presenting in mental health crisis.

    • Rosanna Hardwick
      Rosanna Hardwick
    • Aarthi Ravishankar
      Aarthi Ravishankar
    Topics
    • Digital and data
    • Analytics and data
    • Health sector challenges
    • Equity, diversity and inclusion
    • Improvement and innovation
    • Process improvement
    • Quality of care
    • Patient experience
    • Services
    • Children and young people
    • Neighbourhood health
  • 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
  • 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
  • The key themes that emerged from Q members’ reflections on the 10-year plan.

    • Q Team
    • Andrea Gibbons
      Andrea Gibbons
    • Emma Snow
    • Clifford Mitchell
      Clifford Mitchell
    • Anita Rowe
    • Domenica Gilroy
      Domenica Gilroy
    • Levette Lamb
      Levette Lamb
    • Miles Sibley
      Miles Sibley
    • Chris Pavlakis
    • Felicity Hamer
    • Anna Burhouse
      Anna Burhouse
    • Dr Orla Healy
    • Rammya Mathew
      Rammya Mathew
    • David Seamark
      David Seamark
    Topics
    • Health sector challenges
    • Improvement and innovation
    • Quality of care
    • Person-centred care
  • In this series, Q members from across England share their thoughts on what’s in the plan, what’s missing and what’s required for its implementation.

    • Miles Sibley
      Miles Sibley
    Topics
    • Digital and data
    • Digital technology
    • Health sector challenges
    • Quality of care
    • Patient experience
  • In this series, Q members from across England share their thoughts on what’s in the plan, what’s missing and what’s required for its implementation.

    • Rammya Mathew
      Rammya Mathew
    Topics
    • Digital and data
    • AI and automation
    • Improvement and innovation
    • Quality of care
    • Patient experience
    • Services
    • Neighbourhood health
  • In this series, Q members from across England share their thoughts on what’s in the plan, what’s missing and what’s required for its implementation.

    • David Seamark
      David Seamark
    Topics
    • Health sector challenges
    • Health and prevention
    • Improvement and innovation
    • Quality of care
    • Patient experience
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