Advancing Quality Alliance (Aqua)

We have big plans and ambitions to become the improvement partner of choice for health and care by 2027. We pride ourselves on our supportive and appreciative approach and for over 15 years, we have supported teams, individuals, systems and organisations (nationally and internationally) to inspire the best quality health and care for everyone. We do this by: 💚 Enabling safe care by developing people and culture; 💙 Developing great leadership and culture; 🧡 Co-producing person centred care with lived experience partners; 💙 Embedding continuous improvement; 💙 Enabling effective governance and regulatory preparedness. Discover more about who we are, our ambition and how we work in our 2024 - 2027 strategy.

Hear from Gaby Ford about how we can support you on your journey towards safer care and what our Patient Safety Incident Response Framework (PSIRF) Implementation Programme is all about - but hurry, there's only one week left to apply and places are limited! ✨ 💻 Register: https://bit.ly/40Dx8n0 📅 Programme Dates: Thursday 14 November & Thursday 21 November 👋 Open to: Members & Non Members* (*contact us for a price) who work in a role which involves incident investigation - or anyone interested in PSIRF. 📍 Online ✉️ Contact: Dr Jemma Barton or Gaby Ford

Join our first Bitesized Board session with Dr Susy Cook and Dan Grimes FCIPD on Why Leadership Behaviours Matter this Friday at 8am. Discover more about Bitesized Board, including what events are coming up, how to register, plus some FAQs and how you can contribute your ideas for the next series. 🔗 https://bit.ly/3UB13so

In today's Meet the Team, hear from Rebecca Damilola Ajibola (RDA) about her role as Senior Improvement Advisor, and learn more about a very topical piece of Urgent and Emergency Care work she's involved in on reducing ambulance handover time in emergency departments. 🚑 "It is a privilege to support improvement work that will positively impact the quality of healthcare for patients waiting in an ambulance at Emergency Departments and patients waiting for an ambulance in the community, as well as the staff experience too."

Our first Bitesized Board session takes place next Friday and it's your opportunity to hear from Dr Susy Cook and Dan Grimes FCIPD on Why Leadership Behaviours Matter. With more than a decade’s experience as a quality improvement and change management organisation, Bitesized Board represents a significant step in our mission to enhance the delivery of safe, high-quality care for board members and senior leaders. 📅 Date: Friday 8 November at 8am - 9am. 👋 Open to: Executive and Non-Executive Board Members, Senior Leaders - FREE of charge. 🔗 Book your place: https://lnkd.in/evKZPScF Find out more about Bitesized Board and submit your ideas for topics you'd like to explore in the next series. ➡️ https://lnkd.in/eQWtsDaz

NEWS: The Care Quality Commission recently commissioned us to gather case studies for their annual State of Care Report. Find out more about our approach to this project and how we helped to capture people's experiences of using health and social care through our evidence-based approach to lived experience. 📙 Read the article: https://lnkd.in/eQqwa435 #LivedExperience #CareQualityCommission #StateofCareReport

📢 There's only a few weeks to go until applications for our Patient Safety Incident Response Framework (PSIRF) Implementation Programme closes! Over two days, our team will support you on your journey towards safer care by helping you to understand the four principles of PSIRF, how they relate to safety in your organisation, and develop your confidence to apply tools to support these principles in practice. ➡️ Find out more about the programme via the link in the comments - and check out this fantastic blog by Dr Jemma Barton.

We are excited to announce the launch of Bitesized Board - our brand new, virtual collaborative sessions. ✨. Join Dr Susy Cook and Dan Grimes FCIPD for the first session on Friday 8 November and explore why leadership behaviours matters. Come along and explore ways to... ☑️ Strengthen your understanding of the importance of building effective relationships in delivering better quality and improved performance. ☑️ Learn the practical steps you can take to improve relationships in your system/organisation. ☑️ Reflect on current challenges to see if the nature of relationships is impeding your improvement efforts. ☑️ Connect with other leaders to share experiences for learning. 🔗 Register: https://lnkd.in/evKZPScF Click the link in the comments to find out more about #BitesizedBoard, the upcoming events and share your suggestions for the topics you want to explore.

"Knowing that my work contributes to the overall success of our NHS motivates me to continuously enhance our business intelligence practices and deliver value..." ⚡ In today's Meet the Team, hear from Yinnubari Nwigbo all about his role as Principal Business Intelligence Analyst, discover how he helps to make a difference through data - and what he does outside of work to re-charge! 💻

Thank you to everyone who joined our NHS Quest event this morning. Interested in joining our next event with Kate Jarman on Creating a Culture Where Staff Feel Valued? 👀 As Chief Corporate Services Officer at Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and Co-Founder of FlexNHS, Kate is particularly interested in open and inclusive communication and engagement with staff, service users and communities and is passionate about equal opportunities and making flexible working more accessible. Aimed at NHS Chief Execs and Executive Board Members, join the NHS Quest community for another great session: 📅 Wednesday 16 October 🕖 8am - 9am 🖥️ Virtual 🔗 Register: https://lnkd.in/evhqH8tM