External QI Guides & Resources

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Online QI courses

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Quality related organisations

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    A three-year programme to support improvement in the quality and safety of maternity and neonatal units across England.
  • Launched in 2013,  aim is to improve outcomes and reduce inequalities in outcomes by providing a safe, high-quality care experience for all women, babies, children and families in Scotland.
  • Aims to work towards improved outcomes for newborn infants admitted to neonatal care and their families in Northern Ireland.
  • A national programme designed to improve medical care within the NHS by reducing unwarranted variations including Quality Improvement methodology. 

Other really helpful organisations 

  • Working with NHS England to better support the NHS to deliver improved care for patients.



  • A UK charity championing the rights of babies to receive the best care by supporting families, campaigning for change and supporting professionals.

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    Nonprofit collaboration of Neonatal Care professionals striving to improve the quality and safety of newborn care.
  • Mothers and Babies: Reducing risk through audits and confidential enquiries across the UK
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    Stanford University based “action arm” of California Association of Neonatologists
  • Research, datasets and initiatives for improvement

Formal QI training & fellowships


  • Intermittently advertises year long fellowship roles for experienced leaders to undergo overseas training in improvement science 

  • QI and clinical leadership course managed by NHS Education for Scotland (NES)
     

  • Provide opportunities and bespoke support for Fellows to develop themselves as improvement leaders from their current position

  • A one year out of training programme for doctors, dentists, pharmacists and optometrists


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