Quality Network
The Quality Network aims to share successes and lessons learned from quality improvement (QI) work, help fellows and members to develop their QI knowledge and increase their confidence to undertake improvement projects.
Many departments are working on similar QI aims, and there is a lot we can learn from each other. The quality network aims to give our members a peer to peer network to coordinate, share and spread ideas and resources. This includes the sharing of best practice, and signposting training and project opportunities.
Contact your regional lead and find out how to join the Quality Network below.
Join us online for discussions about quality improvement
We aim to hold two virtual sessions a year. The sessions are open to anyone with a QI role in their Trust/Heath Board. Find out more and register your free place.
Spotlight on a Regional Lead
Every quarter we aim to spotlight the work of our regional leads.
Regional Leads
The network is led by the regional leads who facilitate local communication and take an overview of what is going on in their region; each region will have up to two regional leads. To contact your regional lead please email us qualityimprovement@rcoa.ac.uk
- Dr Prashant Kakodkar
- Dr Vishal Thanawala
- Dr Hannah Kiziltug
- Dr Mark Harper
- Dr Diana Neely
- Dr Annie Hunningher
- Dr Edward Burdett
- Dr Samantha Warnakulasuriya
- Dr Jenny Illingworth
- Dr Joe Lipton
- Dr Maria Chereshneva
- Dr Tom Haigh
- Dr David Laws
- Dr Tamryn Miller
- Dr Gemma Crossingham
- Dr Michelle Lamont
- Dr Kate Carey
- Dr Susan Chapman
- Dr Fiona Christie
- Dr Lesley Jordan
- Dr Khurram Ayub
- Dr Gethin Pugh
- Dr Sarah McCormick
- Dr Satinder Dalay
- Dr Ramya Somasekhar
Opportunities to join the Quality Network
Become a regional lead
If you are interested in becoming a regional lead for any of our vacant regions or in a region where there is only one lead, please apply by sending your CV and a cover letter outlining your experience and interest in QI and how you meet the person specification to qualityimprovement@rcoa.ac.uk Applications are reviewed by the College's Quality Improvement Working Group.
Developing QI leaders of the future
We run the Quality Network career development programme which aims to develop QI leadership skills and offers the opportunity to engage in national level projects, building leaders for the future who will undertake local, regional and national QI leadership roles. Read more about the programme.
Departmental QI Leads
Each department should have a designated lead(s) (departments can nominate more than one lead if desired) chosen through an internal process within the anaesthetic department. Their nominated title within a department may vary, for example, QI Lead or Audit Lead.
Please read the indicative QI department lead job description.