Introduction to Quality Improvement for Professionals
We provide links to useful sites that give a good introduction to QI for professionals.
| Source | Title |
| Royal College of Surgeons of England | RCS and Quality Improvement |
| Royal College of Surgeons of England | Quality improvement in surgery |
| Hughes, RG | Tools and strategies for quality improvement and patient safety |
| Health Foundation | Quality improvement made simple |
| HQIP | Introduction to quality improvement for healthcare professionals |
| NICE | Putting NICE Guidance into practice |
| NHS Wales | Improvement Cymru |
Introduction to Quality Improvement for the Public
We provide links to useful sites that give a good introduction to QI for the public.
| Source | Title |
| HQIP | Introduction to quality improvement for patients and public |
Tools for Quality Improvement
A number of organisations provide tools for QI.
| Source | Title |
| NHS Improvement | Quality, service improvement and redesign (QSIR) tools by stage of the patient pathway |
| NHS Improvement | Quality, service improvement and redesign (QSIR) tools by type of task |
| Institute for Healthcare Improvement | Quality Improvement Essentials Toolkit |
| HQIP | Good governance handbook |
| HQIP | Clinical audit: a guide for NHS Boards and partners |
| HQIP | A guide to quality improvement tools |
| East London NHS Foundation Trust | Quality Improvement Resources |
Quality Improvement Case Studies
Below is a list of QI case studies.
| Source | Title |
| NHS Scotland | QI Case Studies |
| Journal of Thoracic Disease | Benchmark analyses in minimally invasive esophagectomy-impact on surgical quality improvement |
| Annals of Surgical Oncology | Quality Improvement in Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy: Outcome Improvement Through Data Review |
| Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery | Evolution of Standardized Clinical Pathways: Refining Multidisciplinary Care and Process to Improve Outcomes of the Surgical Treatment of Esophageal Cancer |
| European Journal of Surgical Oncology | Control chart methods for monitoring surgical performance: A case study from gastro-oesophageal surgery |
Do you have your own example of QI studies in Oesophago-Gastric cancer care? We’d love to read about it. Please send your example to og.cancer@nhs.net.