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We help you access creative approaches and practical solutions to your toughest challenges and create the conditions for effective change.

Why work with us

We’re the UK and Ireland’s health and care improvement community. We’re a trusted part of the system we exist to serve. 

Working with us, you gain access to proven approaches and practical solutions to your toughest challenges. We connect across boundaries to create the conditions for effective improvement, and to accelerate and spread positive change.

Our values underpin all our work:

  • Purposeful: We’re driven by improving the quality of health care for all. 
  • Inclusive: We lift voices and insights of people with different backgrounds and experiences, working in welcoming and effective ways for all. 
  • Collaborative: We are intentional and creative in how we collaborate, co-produce and design together with others, not just for them.
  • Learning: We believe curiosity, creativity and experimentation enable us to innovate and improve.

How we can help you

We’re experts at working in partnership, and can help you through a range of services that respond to the challenges you face.

Contact us to discuss how we can help you

Q were trusted partners for us, […] both as credible convenors to stress test our emerging findings and as improvement experts and practitioners who shaped our approach. Q offers a line of continuity to years of work to embed and sustain continuous improvement across the NHS.”

Senior Stakeholder, NHS England

  • System Improvement Support

    2 minute read 
    Helping you develop your improvement strategy and deliver service transformation in priority areas. 
  • Improvement Lab

    2 minute read 
    Make progress on complex challenges, following the Q Lab structured and creative design process. Learn with others in a safe space and create change. 
  • Help for organisations to develop and embed effective and joined up approaches to planning, controlling, improving and assuring quality. 
  • Insight

    2 minute read 
    Generating actionable insights to guide improvement in practice and influence decision makers. 
  • Board Development

    1 minute read 
    Supporting boards to create self-improving organisations. 
  • Expert design and facilitation of collaboration events and support for peer learning. 
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