Case study: Strategic quality improvement: An action learning approach

"Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust is an established, high-performing organisation, which was already investing in a culture of continuous improvement of quality. Its willingness to embark on this action learning process reinforces its commitment to being a learning organisation. We believe that through sharing this case study and the action learning process we co-created with Oxleas other NHS organisations can gain insight into their own approaches to quality improvement."

Strategic quality improvement: An action learning approach
V Nath
The King's Fund
May 2016

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Improving the quality and safety of patient care

"This brochure outlines some of the initiatives the UK is currently pursuing, and the organisations which are leading the way in standards of safety. The different sections also provide information on the partners who can best help you achieve your goal of safer, better healthcare."

Improving the quality and safety of patient care
Department of Health
March 2016

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Continuous improvement of patient safety

"This report makes the case for changing the way patient safety is approached in the NHS. It argues that change is needed in: how safety is understood, because current approaches to measurement don’t provide the full picture; how safety is improved, because existing approaches alone will not address the most intractable problems; how risk is perceived, because comfort-seeking behaviours will not create a genuine culture of learning."

Continuous improvement of patient safety: The case for change in the NHS
J Illingworth
Health Foundation
November 2015

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Reforming the NHS from within

"Large-scale structural reforms under successive governments have proved a major distraction and should be avoided in future."

Reforming the NHS from within: beyond hierarchy, inspection and markets
C Ham
The King's Fund
June 2014

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