Innovation and design thinking

Creative problem solving toolkit. There can be creativity without innovation, but there can be no innovation without creativity. Our Creative Problem Solving Toolkit is accompanied by a selection of eight tools with explanatory videos and guidance notes and reflects the three steps of the creative problem solving process. View the Creative Problem Solving Toolkit.

Leading improvement and change

Our Academy Field Guide to Improvement is your guide to the most popular QI (quality improvement) tools, following the steps in our QI workbook which guides you from understanding the challenge to creating a poster at the end of your project.

Our practical guide to making a QI poster includes top tips from a submissions judge, answers to your most common questions, templates and advice on imagery and infographics. Read our QI poster guide.

Quality improvement methodology in practice. Find out which QI tools were used in this short video from PreciSSIon’s clinical leads, Anne Pullyblank and Lesley Jordan.

There are many different skills that you can develop as an improver. These include curiosity, creativity, empowerment, persistence, encouraging experimentation, active listening, embracing all learning, and reflective thinking. Find out more about these skills in our short video series. 

The Evidence Repository

Our Evidence Repository provides a portal for NHS, Public Health, and university colleagues  to share grey literature not published anywhere else, including QI projects, evaluations, surveys and evidence summaries. Our repository reduces unnecessary duplication and improves sharing across our health system. Find out more and join the Evidence Repository here.

 

Academy events

Academy events

Book onto our upcoming Academy events, courses, and programmes. These focus on innovation, improvement, change, and leadership, and are open to people working across health, care, and the voluntary and community sector.

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The West of England Academy

Explore our free Academy resources to gain essential knowledge and skills for innovative thinking in healthcare. Our resources include events, toolkits and online training.

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Evidence and evaluation

Evidence and evaluation resources

Created to help commissioners use the best available evaluation techniques and evidence to inform their commissioning decisions.

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Academy online training

Learning opportunities

Browse a wider list of free and accessible training opportunities that may be of interest to an Academy audience. These are provided by partners and other organisations and complement our own Academy offer.

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The Innovation Exchange

Our Innovation Exchange provides the support you need at any stage of your innovation. Get access to all our business services in one place, explore local and national funding opportunities, and register for support from our Innovation Team.

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