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@theQCommunity
The Q community
6 years
Know someone who would make a great #QMember ? We're delighted to announce that we will be taking applications to join the #QCommunity from Thursday 14 June. Watch this space for more details about how to apply.
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@theQCommunity
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🎉 Congratulations to Q advisory board member @DrAmarShah on his new role as National Clinical Director for NHS improvement. We’re looking forward to continuing to work alongside each other to support and accelerate health care improvement. See more:
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@theQCommunity
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@SamanthaJNHS "I'm banning the words 'scale' and 'pace': it only works as fast as the relationships allow it to happen". #HFconference
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@theQCommunity
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That’s a wrap for #QEvent2019 ! We’d like to thank all of today's speakers for sharing their experience and insight, as well as all attendees for coming along to today’s event, connecting, sharing experience and being a part of this wonderful #Qcommunity !
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@theQCommunity
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We are excited to welcome new members to the Q community today! #Qcommunity
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@theQCommunity
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Good morning from Birmingham, #Qcommunity ! We’re excited to start welcoming Q members to #QEvent2018 in the next hour
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Want to be a Change Agent, #Qcommunity ? @Sch4Change  is an online and global community across health and care, run by @helenbevan 's team @horizonsnhs . Find out more and sign up now:
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🎉 It's #WorldPatientSafetyDay today, #Qcommunity ! What are you doing to mark the very first international day for #PatientSafety ?
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Today’s the day! It’s #QEvent2019 and we can’t wait to get started 🙌
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@theQCommunity
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📢 We are pleased to announce that we will be funding 30 projects through #QExchange2020 ! The projects showcase a dynamic range of improvement ideas from across the UK & Ireland, committed to tackling the challenges of #COVID19 : 👇 Browse the projects
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@theQCommunity
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Q in 280 characters! Q is a diverse and growing community of people with improvement expertise in health and care from across the UK. Q makes it easier for people leading improvement to share, learn and collaborate to make health and care better #Qcommunity #Twitter280Characters
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@theQCommunity
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Thank you so much to everyone who attended #Qevent2017 and to those of you who followed here on Twitter. If you missed anything do take a look at the blog that includes links and resources from throughout the day
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"Wanting to improve is not the same as knowing how to do it." ☕ Grab your morning coffee #Qcommunity and read @MaryDixonWoods ' essay for @bmj_latest on how to improve healthcare improvement:
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The #Qcommunity is growing!
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@theQCommunity
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In case you missed it last week, we announced that we will be taking applications to join the #QCommunity from next week. Watch this space for more details about how to apply.
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@theQCommunity
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🎉 Today we’re launching a new tool for collaborative working! 🎉 #QLabs have created a map and user guide, developed in partnership with @nesta_uk , to enhance collaborative working and drive change. Download now and share with your colleagues:
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@theQCommunity
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📢 Save the date for #QEvent2020 ! This year, we'll be going virtual for our community event, packed with opportunities to connect, share, learn and collaborate. We hope to see you there:
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@theQCommunity
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NEW: We have refreshed our CAPS toolkit. Lots of methods for creative collaboration & problem-solving:
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Opportunities to join the #QCommunity are now open! Throughout 2018 we are welcoming applications from people with improvement expertise based anywhere in the UK. Check out the #JoinQ page on our website for more information:
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"Wanting to improve is not the same as knowing how to do it." 📝 Sunday reading in the form of @MaryDixonWoods ' essay for @bmj_latest  on how to improve healthcare improvement: #Qcommunity
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'How to use Experience-Based Co-Design (EBCD) to power co-production with patients' – Zoom video call with Catherine Dale. Join us on 8 July (midday). Organised by #Qcommunity 's Co-production SIG. More info/register: #coproduction
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@theQCommunity
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📝 What role can and should #QualityImprovement take during and after the #COVID19 pandemic? In her latest blog, #Qcommunity member @joyfurnival , explores the role of QI within the current crisis and the importance of learning from each other. Read now:
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A new opportunity hear renowned complexity/leadership pioneer Prof Mary Uhl-Bien: "How to master the art of creating the ‘Adaptive Spaces’ that enable innovations to spread" (Dec 4, 4pm, Zoom video/phone). More info/to register - all welcome:
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Have you got a great idea that you’d like to get £30,000 of funding for, #Qcommunity ? #QExchange2019 is back and will open for ideas on 10 June. Find out more and start thinking and talking to each other about potential ideas:
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@theQCommunity
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Did you know, you can be part of #TEDxNHS by joining a livestream of the event? #inspiredbypeople
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@theQCommunity
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We will be live blogging the whole event - so even if you're not at #QEvent2018 you won't miss a thing. Check out our preparations for #QExchange with the shortlisted project teams:
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@theQCommunity
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Congratulations and a big welcome to the 112 new #Qcommunity members!
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Want to be a Change Agent, #Qcommunity ? @Sch4Change  is an online and global community across health and care, run by @helenbevan 's team @horizonsnhs . Find out more and sign up now:
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Interested in Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) and diversity? Join the video call on 20th December (4pm) with Josephine Ocloo and Q's 'PPI and Diversity' SIG. Non-Qs welcome. Full details: #Qcommunity
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@theQCommunity
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4 years
🎉 #QEvent2020 is officially complete! Thank you to all of our speakers, members and staff for making the last two days such a success!
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@theQCommunity
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Fabulous 'Joy in Work' concall just now, hearing from pple around the UK. 'Psychological Safety' came up as a key foundation, perhaps even a pre-requisite. Join Q's 'Joy in Work' group here (to learn about future calls + upcoming conference) (open to all)
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@theQCommunity
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🙌 Are you interested in methods of increasing staff morale, #Qcommunity ? Join the upcoming webinar to hear from the Intellectual Disability CAMHS Team at the @SouthernHSCT on how they implemented #JoyinWork to increase team morale. Book your place:
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@theQCommunity
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Interested in improving joy in work? Join a videocall with Q's new 'Improving Joy in Work' special interest group to share your experiences and thoughts on creating joy in work, and learn about IHI's Framework: #Qcommunity - all welcome
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#Qcommunity do you struggle to seek new perspectives when problem solving? We've produced a CAPS toolkit with 25 activities to facilitate creative collaboration for you to try out. Download the toolkit:
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Congratulations and a big welcome to the 49 new #Qcommunity members joining today
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#Qcommunity is growing!
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@theQCommunity
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ICYMI: @HealthFdn launched a new edition of quick guide #QualityImprovement made simple, a great resource for colleagues new to improvement, covering: ✅ Model for improvement ✅ Lean ✅ Clinical microsystems ✅ Experience-based co-design Find out more:
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@theQCommunity
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📢 Coming soon: In September we’ll be launching a new #QLabs project in partnership with @NHSX ! We’ll be exploring how to build staff and patient trust and confidence in technology-enabled remote monitoring. Sign up to find out more about how to apply:
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@theQCommunity
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📢 The votes have been counted and we are pleased to announce the 20 successful projects for this year’s #QExchange ! The projects show an impressive range of improvement ideas, bridging the worlds of improvement and digital 👉 👇 Browse the projects
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It's the moment you've been waiting for #Qcommunity , the #QExchange shortlist is now live! Check out the 25 shortlisted ideas:
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📢 We share the theme for the next round of #QExchange , our participatory funding programme with grants of up to £40k available, opening for ideas on 15 February! Find out more 👉
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@theQCommunity
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🎉 Registration is now open for the #QEvent2020 ! Join fellow Q members to explore what #COVID19 means for you, improvement, and the future of health and care. ✍️ Develop skills 💭 Share ideas 🔗 Make connections ✔️ Gain fresh perspectives Book now:
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Interested in creating #joyinwork ? The #Qcommunity 's #joyinwork SIG is running an event on 28 March for those completely new to #joyinwork right through to those who are well underway with implementation. Find out more:
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💡 Are you on the look out for new perspectives on problem-solving, #Qcommunity ? We produced a Creative Approaches to Problem Solving (CAPS) toolkit with 25 activities to facilitate creative collaboration for you to try out. Download the toolkit:
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@theQCommunity
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📝 The @HealthFdn and @bmj_latest  have introduced a collection of articles to support quality improvement measures. 🔍 Browse the collection to hear more about the skills and knowledge needed to do quality improvement well: #QITwitter
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@theQCommunity
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Are you about to start a quality improvement project, #Qcommunity ? From 17 September, @NHSImprovement  is running a QI mini course that will provide an introduction to the field and support you to undertake small scale improvement projects. Find out more:
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@theQCommunity
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Welcome to our NEW Twitter account for Q – the community that brings together health and #socialcare improvers from right across the UK
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@theQCommunity
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It’s the moment you’ve been waiting for: the shortlist for this year’s Q Exchange! Check out our thread to find out more about the 30 shortlisted projects across the two themes 👇 #QExchange
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🎉 #QExchange2020 is now open! 🎉 Apply for up to £30,000 for your improvement idea under this year's theme: Embedding positive changes emerging through new collaborations or partnerships during COVID-19. Find out more: #Qcommunity
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Q members with an interest in learning more about how to build thriving networks should keep an eye out for our upcoming 'Network Weaving' learning series - not to be missed...! #QCommunity
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@theQCommunity
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Happy Monday, #Qcommunity - we've reached 10,000 Twitter followers!
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🔧 What framework is needed for evaluating #QI training? Join #Qcommunity members @markmccrory8 and @camperofdreams ' workshop about their #QExchange project focused on evaluating Quality Improvement training. Register now:
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At the closing plenary of #ImprovementCymru conference, @PennyPereira1 announced new partnership between Q and @ImprovementCym to create Q Lab Cymru – an improvement Lab focusing on health and care challenges in Wales, made possible by @healthfdn and @ImprovementCym
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@theQCommunity
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Join the Q Community’s Liberating Structures user group – to practice using LS together, in a safe space (and help make Zoom meetings more fun and engaging!). Our first meet-up is next month. To register/more info:
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Hello from all of us here at #QEvent2019 this morning! Are you joining us on the livestream? 💻 There's still time to catch the first session with Q Initiative Director, @PennyPereira1  :
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🔧 Are you on the look out for new perspectives on problem-solving, #Qcommunity ? We produced a Creative Approaches to Problem Solving (CAPS) toolkit with 25 activities to facilitate creative collaboration for you to try out. Download the toolkit:
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📣 Applications for the Sir Peter Carr Partnership Award are open #Qcommunity ! If you're an NHS clinician working with a manager on a joint project to improve care for patients you can apply for the £30,000 grant from @NHSImprovement . Find out more:
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Interested in what builds 'Psychological Safety' in healthcare teams? There's a limited opportunity to read the paper 'A systematic review of factors that enable psychological safety in healthcare teams' - don't miss it.
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International Journal for Quality in Health Care
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. @OUPMedicine has opened this important paper for a few weeks by @coleadproject @UCDHealth @ISQua systematic review of factors that enable psychological safety in healthcare teams thanks @helenbevan @PeterLachman
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Are you involved in system level change #Qcommunity ? The ACT Academy (hosted by @NHSImprovement ) is offering a fully funded programme, open to teams working on any type of complex transformational change within health and care. Find out more:
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@theQCommunity
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📢 Applications to join Q are still open 📢 Now more than ever, it is important that improvers continue to share, learn and connect to support their work on #COVID19 . Come and join 3,500+ already part of the #Qcommunity across the UK and Ireland:
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🔧 Are you on the look out for new perspectives on problem-solving, #Qcommunity ? We produced a Creative Approaches to Problem Solving (CAPS) toolkit with 25 activities to facilitate creative collaboration for you to try out. Download the toolkit:
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Congratulations and a big welcome to the 38 new #Qcommunity members joining today!
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Are you a patient and/or a public involvement/patient safety lead working in an acute trust, #Qcommunity ? @NHSImprovement  are looking for participants for a focus group to develop a national patient safety strategy. Find out more:
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🔧 Are you on the look out for new perspectives on problem-solving, #Qcommunity ? We produced a Creative Approaches to Problem Solving (CAPS) toolkit with 25 activities to facilitate creative collaboration for you to try out. 🧰 Download the toolkit:
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Learn how to use 'Experience-Based Co-Design' (EBCD) to power co-production with your patients – from Catherine Dale: the video recording of our rewarding Zoom session is now on YouTube: #Qcommunity #coproduction
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Interested in how senior leaders and Boards can be most effective in their support of Quality Improvement? Join Prof Naomi Fulop on 2 December to find out (Zoom video/phone call, 12.30pm). More info/register: #Qcommunity
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@theQCommunity
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A big welcome to the 105 new #Qcommunity members that joined Q on Friday! If you want to join Q find out more at:
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Thank you to everyone for a great day with the #QLabs workshop - if you missed it (another plug) see the live blog via
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@theQCommunity
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📣 We've published a working paper outlining the findings from our recent insight survey into improvement during #COVID19 ! 🗣️ We want to hear your feedback on how we’ve interpreted what we have heard. Read now to see the emergent insights:
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Have a read: 'Engineering better care - a systems approach to health + care design + continuous improvemnt' #Qvisits
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'How to use Experience-Based Co-Design (EBCD) to power co-production with patients' – Zoom video session with Catherine Dale. Join us on 8 July (midday). Organised by #Qcommunity 's Co-production SIG. More info/register: #coproduction
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📣 Applications for the Sir Peter Carr Partnership Award are open #Qcommunity ! If you're an NHS clinician working with a manager on a joint project to improve care for patients you can apply for the £30,000 grant from @NHSImprovement . Find out more:
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🎉 The votes have been counted and we are pleased to announce the funded projects for #QExchange 5! The projects show an impressive range of improvement ideas on ways to reduce delays accessing health and care services. Browse the projects 👉
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Prof Charlotte McArdle (Chief Nursing Officer, DoH): "Q is building a social movement of improvers... a force for change... to disrupt the system". #QComNI #Qcommunity
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📢 Launching today: The role of improvement during the response to #COVID19 : insights from the #QCommunity 👇 Check out this thread to discover more about our new report, now available to download: (1/5)
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Are you running a technology project, #Qcommunity ? Join @trishgreenhalgh  next Wednesday for a Zoom call exploring how by understanding complexity you can improve the success of technology projects in health and social care. Register now: …
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Transforming patient experience, using co-production: learn how the ‘Always Events’ methodology is spreading co-production across the NHS. Join Q Zoom call on 29 Oct (12.30) with @helenlee321_lee , @lorrainewolfen1 (NHS England). Register/info: #Qcommunity
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Join #LiberatingStructures co-founder Keith McCandless, the Q Liberating Structures and Healthcare SIG and others on 18th March (4pm, Zoom video call) for an opportunity to build and deepen your LS repertoire. More info/to register:
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We’re looking forward to welcoming #Qcommunity members to @KingsPlace tomorrow for the #QEvent2019 ! 🙌 Will you be joining us? What are you most looking forward to?
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📣 Applications for the Sir Peter Carr Partnership Award are open #Qcommunity ! If you're an NHS clinician working with a manager on a joint project to improve care for patients you can apply for the £30,000 grant from @NHSImprovement . Find out more:
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📣 Our new project on defining and measuring good staff engagement in major change is now live! Check out this thread to find out more 👇 (1/4)
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@theQCommunity
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We’re excited to open recruitment to #Qcommunity in 5 new areas today. Find out more more:
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Congratulations and a big welcome to the 27 new #Qcommunity members joining today!
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A massive 'Thank Q' to everyone who came to #QEvent2019 and made it such a success! Head over to the live blog to catch up on all the action, including the all-important #QExchange winners: #Qcommunity
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#QExchange is now open, #Qcommunity ! 🎉 Check out this thread for more information on the themes and how to apply 👇
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Are you familiar with co-creation etiquette, #Qcommunity ? Establishing some ground rules ahead of attempting to solve complex problems can be both fun and fruitful! Download the CAPS toolkit for more tips:
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