November 2025 Improvement Evidence Update
- Andrea Gibbons
- Nov 11
- 4 min read
Welcome to the November 2025 Improvement Evidence Update — your go-to monthly summary of the latest quality improvement research, evidence, tools, and events—all from the past month and condensed into just 2 pages for easy reference. Links to the pdf and word document are under the screenshot below!
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A downloadable PDF and editable Word version of the update for easy sharing and customisation.
A searchable list of resources—just use the search bar at the top of the page.
Why Use The Improvement Evidence Update?
Save Time: Skip the hours of searching with a concise, expertly curated summary of the most relevant QI resources.
Stay Updated: Keep pace with emerging trends, evidence, and research in quality improvement.
Enhance Your Work: Use the latest evidence and research to inspire, inform, and strengthen your QI initiatives.
Feel free to customise and share this update, crediting andrea.gibbons@somersetft.nhs.uk and Somerset NHS FT.
All articles were published in October 2025 and are in alphabetical order by journal / website
A systematic review of international performance indicators and metrics relevant to UK general practice (BMJ Open Quality)
Altering physician referral practices is challenging, but not impossible: spine assessment clinic quality improvement study (BMJ Open Quality)
Analysing the effect of multidisciplinary teams to address preventive healthcare gaps in a rural teaching clinic: a quality improvement project (BMJ Open Quality)
Exploring patient safety culture and opportunities for improvement: a mixed-methods study in a Dutch paediatric intensive care unit (BMJ Open Quality)
Improving completion of the red reflex examination at neonatal intensive care unit discharge: a practice improvement initiative and multisite planned experiment (BMJ Open Quality)
Improving medication reconciliation compliance in a tertiary care hospital of a developing country: a quality improvement initiative using the PDSA cycle (BMJ Open Quality)
Improving staff enjoyment at work in a community mental health team: a quality improvement project (BMJ Open Quality)
PSAzing up patient care: a quality improvement project for informed cancer screening (BMJ Open Quality)
Quality improvement project to enhance adherence to RCEM standards for patients with paracetamol overdose (BMJ Open Quality)
Reducing door-to-ECG time in the emergency department: a quality improvement report (BMJ Open Quality)
Comparing safety, performance and user perceptions of a patient-specific indication-based prescribing tool with current practice: a mixed methods randomised user testing study (BMJ Quality & Safety)
From SMART aims to systems thinking: expanding the scope of quality improvement and patient safety education (BMJ Quality & Safety)
Results of a healthcare transition learning collaborative for emerging adults with sickle cell disease: the ST3P-UP study transition quality improvement collaborative (BMJ Quality & Safety)
A pragmatic approach to estimating the cost to deliver and participate in implementation strategies (Implementation Science)
Implementation Strategies Applied in Communities Matching Process (ISAC Match): Expanded Guidance and Case Study (Implementation Science)
Assessment of the Trends of Never Events Across NHS England: A Six-Year Analysis (International Journal for Quality in Health Care)
Sustaining Perioperative Patient Safety Improvement: The Relevance of Patient Safety Policies and Contextual Factors in European Healthcare Systems (International Journal for Quality in Health Care)
Podcast: Lifting the lid on neighbourhood-level improvement (NHS Confederation)
Embedding quality: Principles for a national quality management system (NHS Providers)
Lean as a Healthcare Improvement Approach - Elements of Improving Quality and Safety in Healthcare (THIS Institute)
New forms of expertise and what they mean for healthcare professions – the case of the patient safety specialist role in the English NHS (THIS Institute)
An effective approach to change (The Q Community)
Case Study: Timelier diagnoses for head and neck cancer patients through improved cancer pathway journeys (The Q Community)
The state of health care and adult social care in England 2024/25 (Care Quality Commission)
Understanding preventative investment: a practical approach to map and measure spend (CIPFA)
Medium Term Planning Framework: what you need to know (NHS Confederation)
NHS Communications Artificial Intelligence Operating Framework (NHS Confederation)
What is public health? (NHS Confederation)
International Perspectives - Beyond Ambition: Global Lessons for an Integrated NHS (International Foundation for Integrated Care)
Medium term planning framework: delivering change together 2026/27 to 2028/29 (NHS England)
Improving health literacy in the NHS (NHS Providers)
How will waiting times in community health services affect the shift towards neighbourhood health? (Nuffield Trust)
Hospital of the Future Ending the patient gridlock (ReState)
Implementation and scaling of AI in health and social care (The King's Fund)
Impact of hospitals LGBTQ+ inclusion efforts on patient satisfaction from 2016 to 2023: a retrospective longitudinal observational study (BMJ Quality & Safety)
Healthcare Leadership Insights for Transforming Patient and Workforce Experience (Journal of Patient Experience)
The need for health systems to engage with and support youth who are caregivers—A lived experience perspective from young carers (Journal of Patient Experience)
19 Nov: Leading Successful Partnerships: November 2025 - Online, Q Community, 12:00-13:00
25 Nov: THIS Space 2025 - Free online conference, from 10:00
25 Nov: Shine a light on co-production November event - NHS England - 10:30-12:00
27 Nov: In conversation with the National Improvement Board - Online, 9:30-11:00
28 Nov: NHS IMPACT Masterclass - psychological safety and improvement - Online, 9:30-11:00
3 Dec: Implementing the 10 Year Plan: improvement’s role to drive change - Online, Q, 14:00-15:30
16 Dec: Shine a light on co-production December event - NHS England Events - 10:30-12:00
22 Jan 2026: Quality Improvement and sustainability - Free MS Teams event 13:30-14:20
28 Jan 2026: Skills for collaborative change - Online, Q Community event 12:00-13:00
25 Feb 2026: NHS IMPACT Masterclass - Coproduction of Improvement - Online, 11:00-11:50
18 March 2026: Leading Successful Partnerships - Online, Q Community event 12:00-13:00
23 March 2026: Quality management systems - Online, event 12:30-13:50
30 April 2026: NHS IMPACT Masterclass - Learning from Scotland’s improvement journey - Free online, 10:00-10:50
18 June 2026: NHS IMPACT Masterclass - Leadership for improvement - Free online, 10:00-10:50
For full national quality improvement events listing go to: https://www.theqihub.com/post/events
