clinical responsibilities, by bringing clinicians, people with lived experience, managers, improvement specialists, and researchers together to learn and share. Congratulations to BMJ Group and the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) on reaching this three-decade milestone. Thousands of improvers, including me, are grateful that you established and sustained it. Through this work, you have changed lives and, indirectly, saved lives. I still see myself as the enthusiastic healthcare improver from Leicester that I was 30 years ago, but my calling, career, and impact have been profoundly broadened by the global connections the International Forum
We first opened our doors in May 1996, and this year marks our 30th anniversary. This supplement brings together reflections from those who were there at the beginning, alongside stories that show how participation in the International Forum led to lasting improvements in the quality of care, safety, and leadership.
has made possible. Helen Bevan OBE
Professor of practice in health and care improvement, Warwick Business School, strategic advisor to the NHS Horizons team, senior fellow at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI)
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