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SusQI Step-by-Step Guide

This step-by-step guide will take you through the stages of a SusQI project. These steps can be incorporated into existing QI modelsOur Project Development Template may also be helpful you to get started on your project.

Set sustainable goals for your quality improvement project, within the overarching goal to maximise health outcomes with minimum financial and harmful environmental impacts, whilst adding social value at every opportunity.

Design your project using the principles of sustainable healthcare (prevention, empowerment, lean pathways, low carbon alternatives) to achieve the greatest benefit.

Recognise the use of environmental and social resources in your current service/system, and identify opportunities for improvement.

Measure the impact of your project on sustainable value. This includes measuring social impact and calculating the carbon footprint.

Then don't forget to...

Remember to share your experience so others can replicate your ideas. CSH has developed a number of reporting templates which we encourage you to use.

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This "SusQI Explained video" will give you an overview of the 4 steps of the SusQI framework, as well as an introduction to sustainability in healthcare and examples of SusQI in action in the NHS. 

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Acknowledgments

This website has been created by the Centre for Sustainable Healthcare, through the Sustainability in Quality Improvement Education project 2019-22, which was funded and supported by Health Education England, The Health Foundation and Kings College London.

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