QSIR transfers from NHS England
to Aqua

We are delighted to announce that from the 1 September, NHS England’s Quality Service Improvement and Redesign team, known as QSIR,
will transfer to Aqua.

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Supporting you with the Delivery and Continuous Improvement Review

See how we can support you to implement to recommendations outlined in the NHS Delivery and Continuous Improvement Review.

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Directory of Offers 2023-24

Now available for all members and customers. This provides an overview of all of the programmes and support being offered this year.

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Shape Change, Inspire Quality, and Transform Care.

We support health and care organisations to identify, refine and embed sustainable strategies for high-quality care and regulatory excellence.

Welcome to the
Advancing Quality Alliance

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Welcome to Aqua – an NHS health and care quality improvement organisation working across the NHS, care providers and local authorities to identify, refine and embed sustainable strategies for high-quality care and regulatory excellence.

Established in 2010, we operate as a membership organisation within the NHS, providing quality improvement expertise, specialist learning and development, and consultancy.

Programmes

To support our work, we host a number of events, collaboratives and webinars that are free for members to attend.

Consultancy

We work with organisations including NHS Trusts, integrated care systems, local authorities, third sector, social care and housing associations, offering project-by-project consultancy and transformation services.

Resources

Our resources include a range of publications, toolkits, videos, case studies and documents that we have developed from programmes we’ve worked on or our other areas of work.

News and Insights

Aqua’s new Special Advisor: Louise Robson

Experts in their field, our Special Advisors are highly credible individuals who have all held very senior executive posts across health and social care. With established personal and professional networks, […]

20 Sep 2023
Blog: When it's time to go, is there anywhere for me to go? By Sue Holden, Aqua CEO

When it’s time to go, is there anywhere for me to go?

This blog was originally published by the BMJ. You can read the original version here: When it’s time to go, is there anywhere for me to go? By Sue Holden […]

29 Aug 2023

Aqua Programmes are Shortlisted for Two HSJ Awards

We are thrilled to announce that two of our programmes have been shortlisted for an HSJ Award! The North West Hospital Handover Improvement Collaborative has been shortlisted for the Patient […]

14 Aug 2023

NHS England’s Quality Service Improvement and Redesign (QSIR) team transfers to Aqua

We are delighted to announce that from the 1 September, NHS England’s Quality Service Improvement and Redesign team, known as QSIR, will transfer to Aqua. QSIR, a well-respected and influential […]

09 Aug 2023

New Special Advisors Join Aqua

We are delighted to announce that two new Special Advisors have joined the Aqua team. Experts in their field, our Special Advisors are highly credible individuals who have all held […]

07 Jul 2023

Action Learning Spaces for CEOs in the East of England

Aqua was commissioned by the East of England Leadership Academy to provide ‘action learning’ spaces for Chief Executives from health and care organisations to come together and learn from each […]

06 Jul 2023

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