Q collaboration event, Bath

Date(s):
Wednesday 10 September 2025, 10am - 3pm
Location: Central Bath
Organised by: Q community

Event summary

We are delighted to be partnering with the Health Foundation’s Q Community to bring you this collaboration event in Bath, providing a space to learn from each other and make progress in the challenging context we are working within.

The event will provide an opportunity for peer learning on issues important to you and the chance to learn from successful and inspiring improvement projects in the local area.

This event, ahead of QI Week, promises an exciting agenda of talks, networking opportunities and an open space session to get to the heart of the biggest issues for the health sector and how improvement approaches are making a difference.

What’s in it for you

  • Time out to meet Q members and wider colleagues
  • Share knowledge, successes, challenges, and perhaps even get support for your work
  • Exposure to collective intelligence and generation of new ideas for collaboration

We will be running an open space, which will enable collaborative problem solving, improved communications and stronger relationships. From UN conferences to local community groups, the open space format has been used successfully in many contexts to bring people together and set in motion meaningful change.

We invite you to bring your own challenges around the question:

‘Thinking about the current context of the health and care system, what are the most important conversations we need to be having about collaborative improvement that will help you to progress your work?’

What the day will involve

10.00 – Arrival and registration

Tea and coffee on arrival

10.30 – Welcome and introduction

Nathalie Delaney, Senior Programme Manager, Health Innovation West of England

David Evans, Deputy Director of Programmes, Health Innovation West of England

10.35 – Opening remarks

Darren Wright, Strategy and Development Lead, Q

Pete Carpenter, Director of Programmes and Deputy CEO, Health Innovation West of England

10.55 – Morning session

  • Discover insights and inspiration from a a range of local projects, each offering valuable learning and reflectionsChair: David Evans, Deputy Director of Programmes, Health Innovation West of England
  • Addressing health inequalities by co-developing change to reduce missed appointmentsAbigail Jones, Programme Manager, Clinical Services Transformation, Bristol NHS Group

    Seema Srivastava, Deputy Medical Director, University Hospitals Bristol and Weston, Consultant in Medicine for Older People, North Bristol Trust

  • System Improvement Coaching for United NeighbourhoodsKathryn Hall, Associate Director – Improvement Community, NHS Gloucestershire ICB

12.00 – Lunch

13.15 – Open space technology

Lead your own conversations around what matters most to you. You’ll have the opportunity to raise topics, join discussions that spark your curiosity, and connect with others who share your interests. The session will be expertly facilitated around the question:

‘Thinking about the current context of the health and care system, what are the most important conversations we need to be having about collaborative improvement that will help you to progress your work?’

14.45 – Reflections and closing remarks

15.00 – Close

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