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. 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.  

 

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 and how to apply

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.

 

Region Regional Lead
East Midlands  Dr Prashant Kakodkar
Dr Vishal Thanawala
East of England VACANCY
Kent, Surrey and Sussex

Dr Mark Harper

Dr Diana Neely

London - Barts and the

London School of Anaesthesia

VACANCY

London - Central London School

of Anaesthesia 

Dr Edward Burdett
Dr Samantha Warnakulasuriya 

London - Imperial School

of Anaesthesia

Dr Jenny Illingworth

London - South East School

of Anaesthesia

Dr Joe Lipton

London - St George’s School

of Anaesthesia

Dr Maria Chereshneva 
North East Dr David Laws
Dr Tom Haigh 
North West   Dr Leanne Darwin
North West - Mersey Dr Tamryn Miller
Northern Ireland Dr Laure Martin 
Peninsula - South West Dr Adam Revill
Dr Matt Hill
Scotland - North Dr Michelle Lamont
Scotland - South East Dr Kate Carey
Scotland - Tayside Dr Susan Chapman
Scotland - West Dr Fiona Christie
Severn Dr Lesley Jordan
Thames Valley Dr Khurram Ayub 
Wales Dr Gethin Pugh
Wessex Dr Sarah McCormick
West Midlands - Birmingham Dr Satinder Dalay
West Midlands - Stoke on Trent VACANCY
West Midlands - Warwickshire VACANCY
Yorkshire and Humber Dr Ramya Somasekhar
 

 

Opportunities to join the Quality Network

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

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