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Resources

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

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  • Improving patient safety with the Blackpool Safety Barometer virtual dashboard 

    Case study
    21 May 2025 
    5 minute read 

    Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has empowered frontline staff to improve patient safety with a dashboard that brings safety metrics into one place.

    Topics
    • Improvement and innovation
    • Systems change
    • Leadership and management
    • Management systems
    • Quality of care
    • Patient safety

  • Black Maternity Matters delivers safer maternity care for Black mothers

    Case study
    7 April 2025 
    7 minute read 

    Learn how the Black Maternity Matters collaborative co-produced a QI approach to reduce inequitable maternity outcomes.

    Topics
    • Improvement and innovation
    • Patient and public involvement
    • Spread and adoption
    • Quality of care
    • Clinical effectiveness
    • Health equity
    • Patient experience
    • Patient safety
    • Person-centred care
    • Services
    • Maternity and neo-natal

  • Quality Management Systems: resources to help you get started

    Guide
    22 July 2024 
    11 minute read 

    Draw learning and inspiration from different frameworks, tools and methods that others have used.

    Topics
    • Improvement and innovation
    • Complexity
    • Improvement research and evaluation
    • Innovation
    • Process improvement
    • Systems change
    • Leadership and management
    • Management systems
    • Organisational development
    • Quality of care
    • Clinical effectiveness
    • Patient experience
    • Patient safety
    • Timeliness and efficiency

  • Remote monitoring of kidney function

    Guide
    6 June 2024 
    2 minute read 

    How remote monitoring devices can be designed and deployed to maximise staff and patient trust and confidence.

    Topics
    • Digital and data
    • Digital technology
    • Health sector challenges
    • Long-term conditions
    • Quality of care
    • Patient experience
    • Patient safety
    • Services
    • Acute care
    Downloads

  • 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

  • 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
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