More useful tool to QI resources
Here you will find links to the useful resources which we reference in our various training programmes.
Improvement organisations
- The Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) - leading innovator in health and health care improvement worldwide
- The Health Foundation - supporting healthcare improvement for people in the UK
- The Health Foundation Q community - connecting people with improvement expertise across the UK
- NHS Horizons – supporting new change thinking in line with the priorities of the NHS
- Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership (HQIP)
- Kings Fund
Improvement toolkits
- Sustainable Change Model - NHS England
- Quality Improvement Essentials Toolkit - IHI
- King's Fund QI Toolkits - King's Improvement Science
- A guide to quality improvement methods – HQIP
- Quality Improvement made simple - The Health Foundation
- Improving Improvement Toolkit – University of Cambridge, applying an engineering approach to improve health and social care system
Useful platforms*
- Life QI - Life QI is the platform we use to register and record progress of your QI projects. You can also use this platform to research improvement projects across NHS trusts in the UK.
- Microsoft Whiteboard - An online based whiteboard tool with various templates to help you collate and organise ideas and project plan.
- Visio - A simple online based tool for quickly creating process maps.
- Flinga – A collaborative whiteboard tool
*Please remember the rules of data - when using any of these platforms, make sure you don’t add commercially sensitive data (structure charts, tenders, business case, etc) OR Personal information (personal email, address, DOB, patient data, etc).
*When registering for a Life QI account, you will be asked to input your name and work email. This information will be stored outside of the UK by Life QI.