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External QI Guides & Resources

• RCPCH QI Central

• Situation Awareness for Everyone (S.A.F.E) toolkit - RCPCH

• NHS Scotland QI Hub: Toolkits, videos and case studies 

• Institute for Healthcare Improvement – The Model for Improvement

• Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership (HQIP) - A Guide to Quality Improvement Methods

• The 1000 lives quality improvement guides – tailored guidance for medical, nursing and allied professional groups  

• Quality Improvement made simple – The Health Foundation

• MPROVE Neonatal Academy - QI Toolkits

• Periprem Care Bundle

Online QI courses

• Improvement Academy - Free entry level QI training

• NHS England – Improvement fundamentals 

• NHS Education for Scotland - Introduction to QI methods

• LearnPro UK: Multiple QI short courses for the NHS

• Quality Improvement in Healthcare: The case for change 

Quality related organisations

• Maternal & Neonatal Health Safety Collaborative 
  A three-year programme to support improvement in the quality and safety of maternity and neonatal units across England.

• Maternity and Children QI Collaborative, Scottish Patient Safety Programme
  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.

• NICORE (Neonatal Intensive Care Outcomes Research and Evaluation – Northern Ireland)
  Aims to work towards improved outcomes for newborn infants admitted to neonatal care and their families in Northern Ireland.

• GIRFT (Getting It Right First Time) Neonatology
  A national programme designed to improve medical care within the NHS by reducing unwarranted variations including Quality Improvement methodology. 

Other really helpful organisations 

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

• NNAP (National Neonatal Audit Programme)
  
  
• Bliss
  A UK charity championing the rights of babies to receive the best care by supporting families, campaigning for change and supporting professionals.
  
  
• VON (Vermont Oxford Network)                  
  Nonprofit collaboration of Neonatal Care professionals striving to improve the quality and safety of newborn care.

• MBRRACE-UK
  Mothers and Babies: Reducing risk through audits and confidential enquiries across the UK

• CNN (Canadian Neonatal Network) 

• CPQCC (California Perinatal Quality Care Collaborative) 
  Stanford University based “action arm” of California Association of Neonatologists

• NICHD (National Institute of Child Health & Human Development)
  Research, datasets and initiatives for improvement

Formal QI training & fellowships

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

• Scottish Quality and Safety (SQS) Fellowship Programme
  QI and clinical leadership course managed by NHS Education for Scotland (NES)
   
• Improvement Academy
  Provide opportunities and bespoke support for Fellows to develop themselves as improvement leaders from their current position

• The Welsh Clinical Leadership Training Fellowship
  A one year out of training programme for doctors, dentists, pharmacists and optometrists
  

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