Running a tight team meeting on your PDSA results, the practice manager and clinical lead roles, and how to win over sceptical colleagues.
Last reviewed: July 2026. Part of the complete CPD and QI FAQ.
Keep it to 20 to 30 minutes. Share the data (baseline, post-change, the gap). Highlight one or two specific findings. Ask what worked, what got in the way, what to change. Agree the next cycle or embed the change. Document the meeting and circulate the agreed actions.
The practice manager coordinates the data extraction, organises the team meeting, files the evidence and tracks actions. The GP provides clinical leadership and the patient-facing change. Nurses, receptionists and allied health staff provide operational perspective.
Pick a problem they care about (workload, billing gaps, missed results, recall failures) and run one small cycle. Show the result. The data is the persuader, not the method.
At minimum, a clinical lead (GP), a coordinator (practice manager or senior nurse), and a data lead (whoever runs the extraction tool). Add a consumer representative for activities that affect patient experience. For training practices, the registrar is a useful team member.
Use a standing agenda: data review, findings, decisions, next cycle, individual actions. Time-box each section. End with one written decision and one named owner.
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