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Resources

Tools, guides and documents to support you in research, improvement and people participation

Resources for improvement:

Bono's six hats thumbnail

Bonos 6 hats allows you to think about your initiative from different perspectives.

Developing and Sharing a Vision/Aim

This document is a practical guide, designed to help staff develop a clear improvement aim/vision

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This document is a template for creating a driver diagram, which helps teams/individuals visually link their overall improvement goal to primary drivers, specific projects or activities that will support them achieving their aim/vision

fishbone diagram thumbnail

A visual tool that helps to identify causes of a problem

PDSA cycles thumbnail

The Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) cycle is a simple and structured way to test and improve ideas.

Pixar pitch thumbnail

The pixar pitch is a novel way of sharing your initiative through the power of storytelling.

process mapping thumbnail

This guide introduces process mapping as a visual tool to understand, analyse, and improve healthcare workflows by outlining steps, roles, and decision points, with practical tips and examples for effective implementation.

QI summary thumbnail

The summary document is a one page summary statement to celebrate your improvement.

Registration thumbnail

Please register your improvement initiative by completing the form.

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MOCHA is a widely used framework in improvement
science and implementation projects, especially when
thinking about spread and sustainability of changes in
healthcare or other systems. It helps clarify roles and
responsibilities so that initiatives don’t lose
momentum.

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This document provides guidance on how to effectively communicate with stakeholders based on their level of interest and power, following stakeholder mapping in an improvement initiative.

Stakeholder mapping thumbnail

This document is a guide for using Mendelow’s Stakeholder Mapping, a tool that helps teams analyze and prioritize stakeholders based on their power and interest in an initiative, so they can plan effective engagement strategies.

Summary thumbnail

The summary document is a one page summary statement to celebrate your improvement.

5 Why's thumbnail

The 5 Whys is an approach used to explore issues.

measures checklist thumbnail

Outlines key questions that need to be considered

PDSA Cycles thumbnail

Guide to the model for improvement framework

Resources for co-production and participation:

Plan your project and identify who to work in partnership with and how you will do it.

Gaining consent for patient involvement and guidance for holding and sharing personal information.

Consent form for capturing and using media content.

Steps to guide you to work with people, through a series of questions to help you take actions and reflect upon.

Consent form for young people to participate, confidentiality, costs, declarations, and decision-making.

Resources for involving those with lived experience in recruitment and interviewing:

A guide outlining how and why service users should be involved in recruitment before, during and after interviews.

A checklist for the patient/person involved, to help them be part of the recruitment, before, during, and after the interview.

A form for gaining consent to participate, confidentiality, costs, declarations, and decision-making.

Accessible consent form for gaining consent to participate, confidentiality, costs, declarations, and decision-making.

A recruitment lead checklist, outlining how people can be involved in recruitment, from before, during, and after the interview.

External Resources

Links to external tools, guides, and materials designed to support continuous improvement and encourage active participation

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Resources for Launchpad Internships:

A costing plan for the activities proposed in your application

An email/letter of support from your line manger for your application

An email/letter of support from your supervisor/mentors stating they are happy to support you

A training plan setting out what development activities you hope to undertake and how they support your proposed activities

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