Q member event: exploring the role of improvement in transformational change
Join us in London for an energising day of connection, collaboration and learning. Together, we’ll explore the challenges shaping health and care and the role of improvement in the changes ahead.
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About this event
Connect, collaborate and learn with others at our Q member event in London in March.
Our focus for this event is to provide you with opportunities to meet other members and receive support for your improvement work.
Through practical sessions you’ll be able to engage with, and learn from, others across systems, providers and places. Together, we’ll explore the role of improvement in transformational change by showcasing member-led work at different levels of the system. We’ll also hear from the Race and Health Observatory on how anti-racism can be used as a quality improvement tool.
We are pleased to have Matthew Taylor, CEO at the NHS Confederation, join Q’s Managing Director, Penny Pereira for an in-conversation session and celebrate our new home with the NHS Confederation.
Speakers
- Sarindi Aryasinghe, Head of Implementation, Race & Health Observatory
- Penny Pereira, Managing Director, Q community
- Nandi Simpson, Director, Implementation, Race & Health Observatory
- Matthew Taylor, CEO, the NHS Confederation
- Strengthen your network: connect with fellow members, Q and NHS Confederation teams
- Space to discuss issues important to you, and consider improvement in the wider context of health and care
- Explore different quality improvement methods, tools and insights from others to take back to your work
- Discover work taking place across the community
- Share learning and challenges, and get support
- Gain inspiration and energy
- Learn more about our new home at the NHS Confederation
Programme
Register with our friendly team, grab a hot drink, and catch up with fellow Q members before we start the day.
The team will welcome you, set out the plan for the day and provide some context to form the basis of our learning.
Sarindi, Head of Implementation, and Nandi, Director of Implementation, join us from the Race and Health Observatory to share their anti-racist model for improvement. There will be time to discuss the model and consider how you might use it in your own work.
Rest and recharge before the next session.
Matthew Taylor, CEO of the NHS Confederation, joins Q’s Managing Director, Penny Pereira, to explore key themes in improvement.
We’ll provide you with some lunch as you network, meet the team, and take a well-deserved break.
In this session, you’ll hear from five members as they share their improvement projects from across the UK and Ireland.
Chair: Tarnia Mason, Community and Collaborative Change Project Lead
- Research, Innovation, and Improvement Communities of Practice: Anja Jensen, Improvement Fellow, Innovation, Research and Improvement System (IRIS) NHS Humber and North Yorkshire Integrated Care Board (ICB)
- Type 2 Diabetes Intelligence Framework: Jenny Long, Director of Innovation and Transformation, NHS Lothian
- Race, ethnicity and cultural heritage (REACH) anti-racist improvement project: Alison Schofield, Interim Head of Quality Improvement, Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust
- Occupational Therapy (OT) pathway for lower limb amputee patients at King’s College Hospital: Alice Steadman, Clinical Lead Occupational Therapist (Specialist Medicine and Surgery), King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- Frailty SDEC: Redesigning the Front Door for Older People: Dale Travis, Director of Turnaround, North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust
Before we draw to a close, we’ll reflect on the day and what we’ve learned.
A last chance to network before heading home.
Post-event resources
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