Quality Improvement

Quality Improvement Guides for those getting started:

• What is quality improvement?
  
  
•  Evaluation: What to consider
  
  
•  Patient and public involvement in quality improvement
  
  
•  Guide to using run charts (Healthcare Improvement Scotland, 1000Lives+)
  
  
• What's leadership got to do with it (Health Foundation)
  
  

Places to share your work to improve the quality of maternity services:

• International Society for Quality in Healthcare
  
  
•  International Forum on Quality and Safety in Healthcare Europe
  
  
•  BMJ Open Quality
  
  
•  RCOG’s Improving the Quality of Women’s Health Care event
  
  

Organisations, networks and programmes that support quality improvement:

• The Improvement Academy
  
  
•  The Health Foundation
  
  
•  The NHS Leadership Academy
  
  
•  Programmes for those interested in developing Clinical Academic Careers
  
  
• Healthcare Improvement Scotland
  
  
• 1000 Lives Plus (Wales)
  
  
• Academic Health Science Network
  
  
• National Institute Health Research