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

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  • 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
  • Q member Mani Dhesi explains how radically redesigning patient care pathways for community settings can both improve the patient experience and free up valuable clinical time in secondary care.

    • Mani Dhesi
      Mani Dhesi
    Topics
    • Health sector challenges
    • Access and waiting times
    • Improvement and innovation
    • Spread and adoption
    • Services
    • Primary care
    • Neighbourhood health
  • Q member Karla Rimaitis considers the shift to neighbourhood health in light of her experiences with improvement and innovation in primary care.

    • Karla Rimaitis
      Karla Rimaitis
    Topics
    • Health sector challenges
    • Integration
    • Services
    • Community services
    • Older people’s care
    • Neighbourhood health
    • Voluntary services
  • 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
  • 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.

    • Emma Snow
    Topics
    • Health sector challenges
    • Improvement and innovation
    • Services
    • Social 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.

    • Anna Burhouse
      Anna Burhouse
    Topics
    • Health sector challenges
    • Improvement and innovation
    • Services
  • Bryan Jones, Senior Improvement Fellow at the Health Foundation, and Penny Pereira, Q’s Managing Director, discuss leveraging improvement expertise in implementing neighbourhood health models.

    • Penny Pereira
      Penny Pereira
    • Bryan Jones
      Bryan Jones
    Topics
    • Improvement and innovation
    • Systems change
    • Services
    • Community services
    • Neighbourhood health
  • 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
  • Improving patient communication and care with technology

    24 September 2024 
    9 minute read 

    A Q Exchange project looks at using innovative technology as part of an apporoach to reduce falls and pressure ulcers in elderly patients.

    • Jonathan Yazbek
      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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