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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Introduction to Human Factors

This entry-level programme will provide members with the fundamental knowledge and skills for Human Factors in health and care.

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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.

Aqua appoints three Special Advisors

Experts in their field, Special Advisors are highly credible individuals who have all held very senior executive posts across health and social care.

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System OD: Round Table

Aqua's experience of supporting integration in complex health and care systems for over a decade led us to ask what role OD can play in the context of dynamic systems rather than individual organisations.

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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, CCGs, local authorities, social care and housing associates, 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 Announces Directory of Offers 2023/24

We are delighted to announce our initial offer of programmes and support for our members and customers in 2023-24, which you can find detailed in our new Directory of Offers. […]

10 Mar 2023

Leading Integrated Teams: Aqua’s Impact on System Leadership Development

Leading Integrated Teams (LIT) is one of Aqua’s flagship programmes which we deliver alongside Affina OD, Aspire and PACE. Over 150 participants have completed the programme since 2017. The programme […]

01 Mar 2023

A New Partnership with Aqua and FMLM Applied

We are thrilled to announce a new partnership between two leading organisations dedicated to improving patient care. Our partnership aims to accelerate the benefits provided to healthcare leaders, for the […]

01 Mar 2023

Aqua appoints three Special Advisors

The Advancing Quality Alliance (Aqua), the UKs leading improvement agency, is pleased to announce the recent appointment of Jackie Bene, Philip Lewer and Professor Ted Baker as Special Advisors to […]

14 Dec 2022

System OD: Round Table and Tweet Chat

Aqua’s experience of supporting integration in complex health and care systems for over a decade led us to ask what role OD can play in the context of dynamic systems […]

05 Dec 2022

Acute Medics as Improvers: Fundamental Quality Improvement Skills for Clinicians

Aqua is working in partnership with the Society of Acute Medicine to deliver key training to junior doctors, advanced clinical practitioners and physician associates. The programme is open to anyone […]

15 Nov 2022

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