Resources
Toolkits, guides, case studies and other quality improvement resources shared by Q members and the Q team.
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Harnessing peer learning and networking to unlock system change
Case study5 October 2026 6 minute readEvidence shows peer learning and collaboration can enable ideas and culture to shift, and to create change in complex systems. But what does it take to do this well in the real-world?
Topics- Improvement and innovation
- Improvement culture
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Creating the Conditions for Safe Prescribing
Framework24 September 2026 45 minute readA framework for expanding independent prescribing in community pharmacy. Developed in partnership with the National Pharmacy Association, Thiscovery and Q.
Topics- Health sector challenges
- Access and waiting times
- Improvement and innovation
- Process improvement
- Spread and adoption
- Systems change
- Quality of care
- Person-centred care
- Services
- Primary care
- Neighbourhood health
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PDF 1.8 MB 43 pages
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Creating a culture of continuous improvement: a system level QI network
Case study2 September 2026 8 minute readFind out how Hertfordshire and West Essex ICB, established a system-wide Quality Improvement Network which supported learning, built capability, and created a social movement for improvement.
Topics- Improvement and innovation
- Improvement capability
- Improvement culture
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Enablers and barriers to whole system cardiovascular disease prevention
Project report16 July 2026 1 minute readWith our System Improvement Support, three ICBs worked together to identify the enablers and barriers to whole system cardiovascular disease prevention.
Topics- Health sector challenges
- Health and prevention
- Improvement and innovation
- Collaboration
- Systems change
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PDF 207.9 KB 15 pages
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Connecting innovation, research and improvement across the health and care system
Case study23 June 2026 6 minute readQ member Gemma Kierczuk shares learning from a Supporting Q Connections funded project which brought together innovation, research and improvement across the Humber and North Yorkshire.
Topics- Improvement and innovation
- Co-production
- Collaboration
- Improvement culture
- Improvement research and evaluation
- Innovation
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Leading system level change in health and care: Learning from the Northern Triangle
Project report16 June 2026 2 minute readLearn from the lived experience of system leaders and consider what it takes to deliver meaningful change at scale and across boundaries.
Topics- Improvement and innovation
- Collaboration
- Improvement culture
- Improvement research and evaluation
- Spread and adoption
- Systems change
- Leadership and management
- Leadership
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PDF 1.7 MB 79 pages
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Relational Services Resources
Toolkit9 June 2026 11 minute readA collection of resources, articles, webinar recordings and ways to connect with others to support more person-centred, learning-focused approaches to care and system improvement.
Topics- Improvement and innovation
- Collaboration
- Improvement culture
- Patient and public involvement
- Process improvement
- Quality of care
- Patient experience
- Person-centred care
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Project reportReforming from the inside outDOCX 76.5 KB 11 pages 18 minute read
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PPTX 4.0 MB 5 pages
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Cross-System Improvement Framework
Framework29 May 2026 10 minute readPlan and deliver large-scale health and care improvements across systems with this detailed framework developed in collaboration with sector leaders and aligned with NHS IMPACT.
Topics- Health sector challenges
- Integration
- Improvement and innovation
- Collaboration
- Complexity
- Flow
- Improvement culture
- Process improvement
- Systems change
- Leadership and management
- Leadership
- Organisational development
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ToolkitQ Conversation ToolkitPDF 2.9 MB
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ToolkitQ Conversation ToolkitPDF 2.9 MB
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PDF 496.6 KB
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Diabetes care and quality improvement
Guide15 April 2026 3 minute readInformation about the latest NICE guidance for managing type 2 diabetes and a collection of resources and articles curated for anyone with an interest in improvement and shifts in diabetes care.
Topics- Improvement and innovation
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PDF 3.2 MB 31 pages
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Energising mental health crisis support and co-production in Yorkshire
Case study12 December 2025 6 minute readQ member Jenny Morton tells us about a project in Sheffield that is working with service users to improve local mental health services and has been shortlisted for the Seni Lewis award.
Topics- Improvement and innovation
- Co-production
- Patient and public involvement
- Quality of care
- Patient experience
- Services
- Mental health
- Neighbourhood health
- Urgent and emergency care