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Improvement Tools and Resources

KEY TOOLS

Here you can access a range of different tools and templates to support your projects.

The Sequence of Improvement shown below will guide you through the five stages of your quality improvement project. Scroll down to find tools that may help you at each stage.

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Tools for Project Identification

Project Charter

Stakeholder Matrix and the 9 Cs

RACI (Responsible, Accountable, Consulted, Informed)

PESTLE (Political, Economic, Social, Technology, Legal, Environmental)

SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats) Analysis

Understanding the problem

NHS SPC Excel Tool

Fishbone (Cause and Effect) Diagram

Process Map

Swim lane

NHS Pareto Excel Tool

5 Whys

7 Types of Waste

5 Ss

15 Steps (NHS England)

Benefits realisation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Developing a strategy

Driver Diagram

Ease-Benefits (Prioritisation) Matrix

MOSCoW

Logic model

Forcefield Analysis

Project Initiation Document template- detailed form

Project Initiation Document template- short form

RAID (Risk, Actions, Issues, Decisions) template

TOR (Terms of Reference) template

Project Exception report - short form

Change Request Form

 

 

 

Test and Implement

PDSA (Plan, Do, Study, Act)

Highlight Report Template

Sustain and spread

Sustainability Model

Project on a page poster

Project Close Out Template

 

 

Further Tools and Resources

 NHS England Improvement Hub Link to IHI website Q Community NHS Horizons Quality Service Improvement and Redesign

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