Resources
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
Toolkit9 December 2022 6 minute readDiscover 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
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How can behavioural insights be applied in improvement work?
Toolkit26 September 2022 3 minute readRead 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
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Leading successful partnerships
Guide28 April 2022 2 minute readPrinciples 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
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PDF 3.8 MB 13 pages 13 minute read
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Learning systems
Toolkit22 February 2022 2 minute readAn 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
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Do remote consultations reduce greenhouse gas emissions?
Guide9 February 2022 4 minute readQ 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
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Human Factors Guide
Guide28 January 2022 2 minute readThis 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
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PDF 4.4 MB 102 pages 143 minute read
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Better productivity and experience: embedding an improvement system
Case study24 November 2021 6 minute readTransferable learning from Guy’s and St Thomas’ vaccination service.
Topics- Health sector challenges
- Productivity
- Improvement and innovation
- Improvement culture
- Quality of care
- Patient experience
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Futures and Foresight
Guide11 May 2021 2 minute readThe 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
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PDF 595.5 KB 13 pages 5 minute read
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Quality improvement made simple
Guide23 April 2021 2 minute readA 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
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Videos: applying an equity lens to improvement
Case study8 December 2020 1 minute readWatch 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