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Resources

Toolkits, guides, case studies and other quality improvement resources shared by Q members and the Q team.

19 results
Type
  • How to write a Q funding bid

    Guide
    7 February 2023 
    3 minute read 

    An interactive guide to support Q members with creating a successful funding application for Q’s grant programmes.

    Topics
    • Improvement and innovation
    • Collaboration
    • Improvement capability
    • Leadership and management
    • Organisational development
    Downloads
  • Leading successful partnerships

    Guide
    28 April 2022 
    2 minute read 

    Principles and best practice to support health and care leaders to improve their teams’ relationships and set up effective partnerships.

    Topics
    • Improvement and innovation
    • Collaboration
    • Improvement capability
    • Innovation
    • Systems change
    • Leadership and management
    • Leadership
    Downloads
  • Do remote consultations reduce greenhouse gas emissions?

    Guide
    9 February 2022 
    4 minute read 

    Q member Inge Steinbach from the Centre for Sustainable Healthcare introduces a tool for calculating their carbon footprint.

    Topics
    • Digital and data
    • Analytics and data
    • Health sector challenges
    • Productivity
    • Improvement and innovation
    • Spread and adoption
    • Systems change
  • Human Factors Guide

    Guide
    28 January 2022 
    2 minute read 

    This guide offers a practical place to begin understanding the power and insight of human factors and how to use them to improve safety, quality and efficiency for patients and staff.

    Topics
    • Improvement and innovation
    • Improvement culture
    • Innovation
    • Process improvement
    • Leadership and management
    • Workforce and people
    • Quality of care
    • Clinical effectiveness
    • Patient safety
    Downloads
  • Futures and Foresight

    Guide
    11 May 2021 
    2 minute read 

    The following guide provides an overview of some of the tools and models from futures and foresight.

    Topics
    • Digital and data
    • Measurement for improvement
    • Improvement and innovation
    • Complexity
    • Improvement capability
    • Improvement research and evaluation
    • Systems change
    Downloads
  • Quality improvement made simple

    Guide
    23 April 2021 
    2 minute read 

    A guide for those thinking about how to re-design or develop new processes, pathways and services.

    Topics
    • Health sector challenges
    • COVID-19 and recovery
    • Improvement and innovation
    • Improvement culture
    • Systems change
    • Leadership and management
    • Management systems
    • Quality of care
    • Patient safety
  • Skills for collaborative change

    Toolkit
    29 September 2020 
    7 minute read 

    A practical tool setting out the skills and attitudes needed for collaborative and creative problem-solving.

    Topics
    • Improvement and innovation
    • Collaboration
    • Complexity
    • Improvement capability
    • Spread and adoption
    • Systems change
    • Leadership and management
    Downloads
  • Liberating Structures

    Guide
    14 July 2020 
    2 minute read 

    33+ simple techniques for facilitating meetings, workshops and conversations.

    Topics
    • Improvement and innovation
    • Collaboration
    • Flow
    • Networking
    • Leadership and management
    • Management systems
    • Workforce and people
  • Hibernating quality improvement programmes

    Guide
    20 March 2020 
    2 minute read 

    Q’s partners at Healthcare Improvement Scotland have created a draft guidance document on the hibernation of quality improvement programmes.

    Topics
    • Improvement and innovation
    • Improvement culture
    • Improvement research and evaluation
    • Systems change
    • Leadership and management
    • Workforce and people
    Downloads
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