Useful publications and resources on quality improvement
We have worked in quality improvement for over 15 years, and have produced a number of reports and toolkits to help inform practice and policy
We aim to share best practice and knowledge on quality improvement, from how to spread new ideas to developing approaches to evaluation.
Quick guides
Quick guide
Quality improvement made simple
This guide focuses on one important element of the quality agenda: quality improvement. It looks in particular at what are kn...
Quick guide
Using communications approaches to spread improvement
The guide is for those actively engaged in health care improvement work and introduces key concepts about spreading ideas, an...
Quick guide
Evaluation: what to consider
This guide is intended to assist those new to evaluation by suggesting methodological and practical considerations and provid...
Key publications
Research report
The spread challenge
This report shines a light on the challenges facing the NHS in improving the uptake of new ideas and practices, and the need ...
Briefing
Partnerships for improvement: Ingredients for success
What makes for successful partnerships between providers at an organisational level?
Learning report
Building the foundations for improvement
This report looks at how five UK trusts built quality improvement capability at scale in their organisations.
Journal articles
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Published research on quality improvement
Research and analysis from, and funded by, the Health Foundation has been published in a range of key journals.
Journal article
The problem with Plan-Do-Study-Act cycles
Introduction Quality improvement (QI) methods have been introduced to healthcare to support the delivery of care that is s...
Journal article
Systematic review of the application of the plan–do–study–act method to improve quality in healthcare
Background: Plan–do–study–act (PDSA) cycles provide a structure for iterative testing of changes to improve quality of system...
Our work with BMJ
Partnership
BMJ Quality & Safety
A leading international journal, co-owned by the Health Foundation and BMJ Group, providing insights and information to impro...
Partnership
BMJ Quality Improvement series
A joint series of papers exploring how to improve the quality of health care delivery, produced by The BMJ in partnership wit...
Research report
BMJ Quality & Safety: a collection of key articles
This is a special collection of the best articles published in BMJ Quality & Safety in 2013.
Resource centres
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Patient safety resource centre
Learn about patient safety with resources from The Health Foundation and around the web
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Person-centred care resource centre
Learn about person-centred care with resources from The Health Foundation and around the web.
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