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Resources from the Monthly QIN Meet Ups
Resources from the Monthly QIN Meet Ups
Each month, the network gets together in a 'Meet Up' to share and learn together, here you can find all the content
Meet Up #1 (March 2025)
Meet Up #1 (March 2025)
Building Equity of Access into Outpatients
Presenter: Dr Ben Holden, NIHR ARC NWL Knowledge Mobilisation Co-Lead
In the inaugural QIN 'Meet Up', we heard from Dr Ben Holden, a physician and improver from Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust. He talked through the challenges and learning from a recent Quality Improvement project that aimed to improve access to outpatient appointments for people living in the most deprived areas of London. The project focuses on improving equity of access to care and improving efficiency by reducing the number of missed appointments.
View the presentation: Building Equity of Access into Outpatients (.pdf)
Meet Up #2 (April 2025)
Meet Up #2 (April 2025)
The process of sustaining change
Presenter: Dr Laura Lennox, NIHR ARC NWL, Implementation Lead
This presentation unpacks the ‘process of sustaining’ with Dr Laura Lennox presenting a talk titled: 'Identifying threats to sustainability and the strategies used to address them: a longitudinal multiple case study.' In the talk she looked into her top five sustainability challenges: workforce stability, change timelines, organisational priorities, stakeholder support and capacity for improvement.
View the presentation: Identifying threats to sustainability and the strategies used to address them: a longitudinal multiple case study (.pdf)
Meet Up #3 (May 2025)
Meet Up #3 (May 2025)
Improvement is part of everything we do
Presenter: Joelle Chalmer, Improvement Lead, Imperial College Healthcare Trust
This session will cover Imperial College Healthcare Trust's strategic objective 'Improvement for all', including the concepts underpinning improvement being part of everything we do. This extends beyond improvement methods and tools and encompasses being clear on our priorities at all levels of the organisation and addressing our rhythms and routines for delivering improvement.
Meet Up #4 (June 2025)
Lifestyle coaching for patients with depression and anxiety:
A new approach to enhance the mental and physical health of patients in primary care
Meet Up #4 (June 2025)
Lifestyle coaching for patients with depression and anxiety:
A new approach to enhance the mental and physical health of patients in primary care
Presenter: Dr Hamish Clark, GPST3, Imperial VTS
Hamish has a passion for general practice and for mental health. Throughout his GP training, he has supported many patients suffering from mental health conditions, predominantly depression and anxiety. In the June Meet Up he talked about his improvement project addressing the underlying lifestyle factors that are often associated with mental health conditions, and how it aims to enhance local patients’ physical and mental health and in doing so, improve their quality of life.
Hamish has a passion for general practice and for mental health. Throughout his GP training, he has supported many patients suffering from mental health conditions, predominantly depression and anxiety. In the June Meet Up he talked about his improvement project addressing the underlying lifestyle factors that are often associated with mental health conditions, and how it aims to enhance local patients’ physical and mental health and in doing so, improve their quality of life.
View the presentation: Lifestyle Coaching for Patients with Depression and Anxiety (.pdf)
Meet Up #5 (September 2025)
Mind the gap, the women's health research deficit
Meet Up #5 (September 2025)
Mind the gap, the women's health research deficit
A Whistle-Stop Tour of Disparities in Women’s Health Research and Bridging the Gap Between Evidence and Practice
Presenters: Lauren Trepte Registered Midwife RM7 Clinical Research Team Leader Women's Health at Chelsea and Westminster NHS Foundation Trust and Dr Sophie McFarland Sophie McFarland Registered Dietician Primary Care Dietitian Lead, Research Mobilisation Lead and Multi-Professional Education Lead
This QIN Meet Up was a fast-paced and insightful session exploring the persistent disparities in women's health research — from historical underrepresentation to the challenges of translating findings into real-world impact.
Lauren and Sophie highlighted the key barriers that prevent research from informing practice and policy and introduced practical solutions through knowledge mobilisation (KM) strategies. Sophie [pictured left, above] and Lauren [pictured left, below], Knowledge Mobilisation Fellows for the NIHR Applied Research Collaboration Northwest London (ARC NWL), shared how they are embedding KM approaches into their respective women's health projects.
Attendees benefitted from an engaging and relaxed environment with opportunities for discussion, questions, and collaboration. Researchers, clinicians, policymakers and those interested in improving women’s health outcomes took the opportunity to share valuable insights and took the chance to connect.
View the presentation: Mind The Gap - The Women's Health Research Deficit (.pdf)
Next Meet Up:
The Current State of Quality Improvement Research with Karuna Chellen
Monday, 20 October (12noon - 1pm)
Email: n.hewlett@imperial.ac.uk to register for your free place or just join the call.
Want to present your work at QIN Meet Up?
Want to present your work at QIN Meet Up?
We're always happy to hear from potential future presenters, so if you have a quality improvement, implementation or knowledge mobilisation experience to share, please get in contact with Nick Hewlett ( n.hewlett@imperial.ac.uk )
What is Quality Improvement? (NHS)
What is Quality Improvement? (NHS)
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