Wessex PSC Quality Improvement Hub (QIHub) is a resource for health and social care staff using quality improvement approaches as a core part of their work.
What is Quality Improvement?
"Quality Improvement (QI) helps us identify what works well and where we can make changes. In primary care, we don't have time or resources to spend on things that don't work, don't serve our patients, and that could be done more efficiently or effectively. QI is a commitment to continuously improving the quality of healthcare, focusing on the preferences and needs of the people who use services." (Royal College of General Practitioners 2017)
"In order to practise medicine in the 21st century, a core understanding of quality improvement is as important as our understanding of anatomy, physiology and biochemistry." (Stephen Powis, Medical Director, Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, 2015. Academy of Medical Royal Colleges)
QI Resources
We have created PDF lists of resources organised into the categories below:
Selected resources developed or promoted by Wessex PSC can be downloaded from the resources tab on the right hand side of this webpage.
If you have any questions or to discuss how we can support QI implementation in your organisation, please contact us via the link at the bottom of this page.
Featured video
Introducing the Patient Safety Incident Response Framework (PSIRF): A framework for learning
Browse all videosResources
QI e-learning and training providers May 2024.pdf
QI resources and toolkits May 2024.pdf
QI blogs, articles, and podcasts May 2024.pdf
QI Further Websites May 2024.pdf
Quality Improvement Made Simple (The Health Foundation)
The Game Guide - Interactive Exercises for Trainers to Teach Quality Improvement (NY)
HEE Patient Safety Toolkit "In Safe Hands" (HEE 2019)
The Improvement Toolkit (NENC 2019)
Attributing causality in QI: lessons from epidemiology (Poots et al. bmjqs-2017-006756)
Caring to change - How compassionate leadership can stimulate innovation in health care (Kings Fund)
Embedding quality improvement skills in NHS (NHSE Sep 2017)
Hampshire Hospitals FT - QI Workbook
NHS Institute - Handbook of Quality and Service Improvement Tools
RCEM Quality Improvement Guide
Shared commitment to quality from the National Quality Board
Short Guide to building improvement capacity in NHS (NHSI Sep 2017)
