{"id":999,"date":"2025-01-06T14:02:51","date_gmt":"2025-01-06T14:02:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/researchfunding.on.worc.ac.uk\/?p=999"},"modified":"2025-01-06T14:02:51","modified_gmt":"2025-01-06T14:02:51","slug":"the-health-foundation-q-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/researchfunding.on.worc.ac.uk\/?p=999","title":{"rendered":"The Health Foundation Q Community"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/researchfunding.on.worc.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Q-Community.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/researchfunding.on.worc.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Q-Community.png 225w, https:\/\/researchfunding.on.worc.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Q-Community-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/q.health.org.uk\/\">Q Community<\/a>, an initiative delivered by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.health.org.uk\/\">Health Foundation<\/a> and supported and co-funded by partners across the UK, is a dynamic network that brings together over 5000 professionals passionate about improving the quality of health and care.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With a focus on collaboration, learning, and innovation, Q offers a unique platform for healthcare professionals, researchers, and patients to share ideas and drive impactful change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Members benefit in a variety of ways from the wide range of opportunities available, but one of the most exciting aspects of the Q Community is its <a href=\"https:\/\/q.health.org.uk\/funding-and-programmes\"><strong>funding initiatives<\/strong><\/a>. These include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/q.health.org.uk\/funding-and-programmes\/q-exchange\">Q Exchange<\/a>: collaborative grant funding of up to \u00a340,000 for member-led improvement projects (participants are encouraged to co-design their projects with the community, ensuring relevance and impact).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/q.health.org.uk\/funding-and-programmes\/supporting-q-connections\">Supporting Q Connections<\/a>: funding for Q members to build and strengthen networks across the improvement landscape.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Membership also offers unparalleled access to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>networking and events<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>shared resources<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>topic-focused groups<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>peer learning<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The community thrives from diverse points of view including those of:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>people working in formal improvement roles<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>health professionals<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>people with lived experience of health and care services (patients and patient representatives)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>researchers<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>NHS leaders<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>analysts<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Q is <strong>free to join<\/strong>, and you don\u2019t have to sign up to any kind of time\u00a0commitment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/q.health.org.uk\/get-involved\/join-q\">Find out more and join here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-dots\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Why join the Q community?\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/em21P5HxaVE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"952\" height=\"671\" src=\"https:\/\/researchfunding.on.worc.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Q-flowchart.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1006\" srcset=\"https:\/\/researchfunding.on.worc.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Q-flowchart.png 952w, https:\/\/researchfunding.on.worc.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Q-flowchart-300x211.png 300w, https:\/\/researchfunding.on.worc.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Q-flowchart-768x541.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 952px) 100vw, 952px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Q Community, an initiative delivered by the Health Foundation and supported and co-funded by partners across the UK, is a dynamic network that brings<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-999","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-insights"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/researchfunding.on.worc.ac.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/999","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/researchfunding.on.worc.ac.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/researchfunding.on.worc.ac.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/researchfunding.on.worc.ac.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/researchfunding.on.worc.ac.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=999"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/researchfunding.on.worc.ac.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/999\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1007,"href":"https:\/\/researchfunding.on.worc.ac.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/999\/revisions\/1007"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/researchfunding.on.worc.ac.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=999"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/researchfunding.on.worc.ac.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=999"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/researchfunding.on.worc.ac.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=999"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}