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

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  • How improvement can help during times of pressure

    Toolkit
    9 December 2022 
    6 minute read 

    Discover resources that show how improvement approaches can help, even during times of high NHS demand and workforce pressures.

    Topics
    • Improvement and innovation
    • Improvement capability
    • Improvement research and evaluation
    • Process improvement
    • Systems change
  • How can behavioural insights be applied in improvement work?

    Toolkit
    26 September 2022 
    3 minute read 

    Read about a study looking at how behavioural changes can help achieve cost savings and improve patient care in procurement and prescribing.

    Topics
    • Health sector challenges
    • Health and prevention
    • Improvement and innovation
    • Improvement research and evaluation
    • Innovation
  • 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
  • Learning systems

    Toolkit
    22 February 2022 
    2 minute read 

    An online toolkit to support teams and organisations to develop effective learning systems for health and care improvement.

    Topics
    • Improvement and innovation
    • Innovation
    • Spread and adoption
    • Leadership and management
    • Management systems
    • Organisational development
  • 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
  • Better productivity and experience: embedding an improvement system

    Case study
    24 November 2021 
    6 minute read 

    Transferable learning from Guy’s and St Thomas’ vaccination service.

    Topics
    • Health sector challenges
    • Productivity
    • Improvement and innovation
    • Improvement culture
    • Quality of care
    • Patient experience
  • 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
  • Videos: applying an equity lens to improvement

    Case study
    8 December 2020 
    1 minute read 

    Watch short videos of teams tackling severe inequality in our health and care system.

    Topics
    • Health sector challenges
    • COVID-19 and recovery
    • Equity, diversity and inclusion
    • Improvement and innovation
    • Improvement capability
    • Improvement culture
    • Quality of care
    • Health equity
    • Patient experience
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