Introduction to Quality Improvement
Links to organisations providing essential reading and background to Quality Improvement
| Royal College of Surgeons of England | Quality Improvement in Surgery |
| Royal College of Radiology | Quality Improvement in Clinical Radiology |
| Health Foundation | Quality Improvement resources and publications |
| Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership (HQIP) | Introduction to quality improvement for healthcare professionalsIntroduction to quality improvement for patients and public |
| National Institute of Clinical Excellence | Putting evidence based guidance into practice |
| NHS Wales | Improvement Cymru |
Quality Improvement Methods and Tools
Links to useful Quality Improvement methods and tools including templates
| Advancing Quality Alliance (AQUA) | Driver diagrams (tree diagrams)Leading improvement: an overviewMeasurement for improvement: an overview |
| Institute for healthcare improvement | Model for ImprovementQuality Improvement essentials toolkit |
| HQIP | Good governance handbookClinical audit: a guide for NHS Boards and partners |
| National Institute of Clinical Excellence | Quality Improvement resources for commissioners |
National Quality Improvement programmes
National programmes working to improve the quality of care and use the findings from the NPCA to underpin their work
| National Clinical Audit Benchmarking | Benchmarked NPCA data utilised for CQC hospital inspections |
| Getting it Right First Time | Variation in urology surgery delivery and clinical practice |