Register to join our Quality Improvement Collaboratives

We have several exciting collaboratives that your NHS trust or health board can now register to join.

Three of our Quality Improvement (QI) collaboratives focus on supporting healthcare teams to improve patient care in a specific clinical area of care and one project is dedicated to supporting surgeons after adverse events.

Registration requirements

The one-off cost per trust or health board to join the project is £7,500 (£9,000 including VAT). In addition, trusts and health boards must cover their travel and expenses to in-person meetings.  

The named project lead and data lead should have allocated time in their job plan to lead the project locally.

Deadline to apply

Registration for any of the four QI projects will close on 30 September 2025.

Current QI projects open for registration

Close it Quick: Ileostomy Closure QI Collaborative

The NBOCA report unequivocally demonstrates that ileostomy closure rates in England and Wales need major focus and attention. This situation only worsened following the impact of the pandemic on waiting lists. Our new QI Collaborative will empower surgical care teams across England and Wales to address this and improve patient care and experience.

Register your Trust or Health Board's place on the project by 30 September 2025.
For more information and details on how to register, visit Close it Quick: Ileostomy Closure QI Collaborative web page or email closeitquick@rcseng.ac.uk 

SUPPORT2

SUrgeon Peer-led POst-incident Response Teams Improvement Collaborative 2 (SUPPORT2) will build on SUPPORT's work and work with sites to design, deliver, sustain and evaluate a peer-to-peer support system for surgeons after adverse events.

Register your Trust or Health Board's place on the project by 30 September 2025. For more information and details on how to register, visit SUPPORT2 web page or email supportimprovement@rcseng.ac.uk.

HandsFirst3
We are recruiting sites for our third round of HandsFirst, a Quality Improvement project focused on improving the care for hand trauma patients. This project combines surgical and hand therapy teams to enhance patient outcomes. By reducing variation in care and shortening the time to receive surgery, we aim to optimise treatment for this patient group, ensuring coordinated efforts between surgery and hand therapy professionals for improved recovery and rehabilitation.

Register your Trust or Health Board's place on the project by 30 September 2025. For more information and details on how to register, visit  HandsFirst3 web page or email handsfirst@rcseng.ac.uk

Chole-QuIC5

We are recruiting sites for our fifth round of Chole-QuIC. This project will work with sites to improve outcomes for patients with gallstone disease by implementing and expanding the learning from the four previous rounds of Chole-QuIC.

Register your Trust or Health Board's place on the project by 30 September 2025. For more information and details on how to register, visit  Chole-QuIC5 web page or email cholequic@rcseng.ac.uk

Current QI projects accepting expressions of interest

Sustainability QI Collaborative

We’re currently scoping a new Quality Improvement collaborative focused on sustainability in surgery. 

Building on the success of our previous QI collaboratives, this project will support participating teams to test and embed a small number of high-impact changes from the Intercollegiate Green Theatre Checklist.

We are accepting expressions of interest. Register your interest by filling out this form and we will keep you updated as the project develops.

Email qi@rcseng.ac.uk if you have any questions.