Our annual flagship event welcomes researchers, patients, carers and healthcare staff for a variety of talks, panels and discussions.
Our open-access series:
Discover Elements of Improving Quality and Safety in Healthcare.
We have an important goal:
To strengthen the evidence base for improving the quality and safety of healthcare.
Our guiding principle:
Efforts to improve care should be based on the highest quality evidence.
We’re highly collaborative:
We work closely with patients and healthcare staff to provide a unique range of perspectives.
Featured content
Output
Framework
10 September 2025
Developing a framework and core indicators for measuring good quality perioperative care
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Systems and culture
21 July 2025
Hope over experience?
Penny Dash’s review of patient safety in England has recommended sweeping changes to the way things are currently organised, but while few would disagree that changes are much needed, the review also raises important questions.
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Listen to THIS Podcast
We shine a light on the research addressing current and enduring challenges through frank and honest conversations with the people driving meaningful change in the NHS.
The missing piece
Without high-quality, reliable evidence, the puzzle of healthcare improvement will always be incomplete. So we’re on a mission to fill those gaps.
🆕Lean as a Healthcare Improvement Approach
Zoe Radnor and Sharon J. Williams
This Element examines the evidence for using Lean in healthcare, summarising the supporting tools and techniques, and outlining the challenges. It emphasises the importance of developing an organisational culture committed to continuous improvement and provides case studies of attempts to implement Lean at scale.
Our strategy 2022-2027
Learn more about how we will build on the achievements of THIS Institute while also bringing fresh ideas to life.
