A coach’s journey through The Flow Coaching Academy’s ‘Improving with People First’ course is a truly unique experience, find out what they had to say in this article in which different coaches walk us through the stages of the course.

The Access & Flow Big Room is concerned with the service users’ journey through acute care and the significant imbalance between demand and capacity

Coaches training as part of our first virtual training cohort in Sheffield recently attended a ‘Building a Big Room’ Workshop. The Big Room is the foundation of the Flow Coaching Academy’s (FCA) methodology and is the main action component of the course.

Coaches training as part of our virtual training cohort in Sheffield were joined by experienced coaches at a ‘Building a Big Room’ workshop. The Big Room is the foundation of the Flow Coaching Academy’s (FCA) methodology and a key component of the training programme.

Gestational Diabetes Big Room from FCA Northern Ireland won the BMJ award in the Innovation in Quality Improvement Team category.

If people do not understand why the change is needed or the purpose behind it, they can often be resistant to the changes you are trying to make. In this blog we focus on how to overcome resistance and move conversations forward.

In this time of virtually connecting with our teams or Big Rooms it is more important than ever to remember to use effective meeting skills.

The FCA share with you what we think are the key ingredients are for Enabling improvement in healthcare.

Graduating coaches celebrate their hard work after the 12-month programme

Around 40 trained coaches and FCA friends old and new attended our ‘Connect’ event from across the UK and the overriding comment was that it felt like “coming home”.

Key speakers discuss ways to maintain and improve healthcare services amidst COVID-19

In 2023 the Flow Coaching Academy, with support from the Health Foundation, ran an online survey to gather the views of improvement leaders and others involved in quality/continuous improvement work in NHS provider organisations.

We are excited to welcome another cohort of coaches from Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust and joining them are their strategic alliance partners Camden and Islington Mental Health Trust.

This week, NHS professionals from across the UK, joined FCA faculty in Sheffield for an interactive two-day online celebration event, formally recognising their achievements and graduating them as Flow Coaches.

14 Big Rooms established in the Lancashire & South Cumbria region

Following a competitive recruitment process, Tom Downes, Consultant Geriatrician and Clinical Lead for Quality Improvement at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals has been confirmed as the BGS’s new Vice President for Clinical Quality after being a member of the society for years.