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Guidance

NHS England – Quality, Service Improvement and Redesign (QSIR) tools – a comprehensive collection of proven quality, service improvement and redesign tools, theories and techniques that can be applied to a wide variety of situations. You can search the collection alphabetically for a specific tool below:

Alternatively, you can search or browse groups of tools using one of the four categories below:

Quality, service improvement and redesign [QSIR] guidance tools by stage of project

The six stage project management approach provides a framework. Regardless of the project management approach you use eg, the six stage approach or PRINCE2, it can be enhanced with the use of the improvement tools, theories and techniques.

Quality, service improvement and redesign [QSIR] guidance tools by type of approach.

These tools are aligned around a particular approach whether it is an improvement approach such as lean, or whether you are specifically looking at your communication approach throughout the life of your improvement project.

Quality, service improvement and resign [QSIR] guidance tools by Type of Task

Here you can find the quality, service improvement and redesign [QSIR] tools that will help you deliver your project aligned to the type of task you may be currently focused on eg, supporting people through change of identifying problems.

Quality, service improvement and redesign [QSIR] guidance tools by stage of the patient pathway

If you are looking to improve a particular part of your patient pathway you can explore the tools that may be of most relevance to that stage of the pathway.

NPSA Risk Matrix Guidance

Comprehensive Investment Appraisal (CIA) Model