About Us

 

Tom Rollinson

Tom has worked across the healthcare landscape for almost a decade including supporting Small-Medium enterprise to development innovation for the NHS, teaching Quality improvement methods to clinicians and driving Improvement through a hands on approach within providers across dozens of organisations. 
 
He has a MSc in Quality and Patient Safety Improvement, has published in academic journals and has presented at multiple national and international conferences on applying and upskilling healthcare staff with Quality improvement methods. 
 
Tom now supports training and education of healthcare staff through Quality Improvement Partners whose mission is to “To instill a philosophy of continuous improvement for health and social care professionals.

 

Aklak Choudhury

Aklak is Deputy Medical Director for Quality and Safety and a Respiratory Consultant at University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust. He has an MSc in Medical education focusing on how staff practice continuous improvement in acute healthcare environments. 
 
He is a QSIR associate also has been an Associate Editor for BMJ Open Quality. He is a member of RCPQI supporting the Royal College in the Medical Care Driving Change Programme. 
 
He has mentored many trainee QI programmes and delivered virtual and face to face educational QI workshops locally and nationally.

Our Why

 
For people who are new to Quality Improvement (QI), there are lots of conflicting and competing methods, techniques, tools and opinions on how to improve any given care process or service which can be confusing and time consuming
 
Our aim is to make the QI journey for beginners as simple as possible; QIPstart offers learning about QI which will guide you through a structured process in a expedited time frame, leading to rapid learning and change.
 
By the end, you will have taken steps to physically improve your chosen area and developed a solid foundational knowledge from which you can build on; having robust evidence of your QI programme which you can use as evidence for your portfolio, support with business cases or just to facilitate personal development.

 

Our Objectives

 
Our objectives for QIPstart are:
 
“to instill a philosophy of continuous improvement for health and social care professionals.”
 
“to be a single place where beginners can learn about Quality Improvement.“
 
“to support learning throughout your QI journey when you start your healthcare improvement programme.”