TY - JOUR T1 - Moving forward in the right direction JF - Future Healthcare Journal JO - Future Healthc J SP - 98 LP - 99 DO - 10.7861/fhj.ed.9.2.1 VL - 9 IS - 2 A2 - Fox, Kevin Y1 - 2022/07/01 UR - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/9/2/98.abstract N2 - I do hope this issue of the FHJ above all else stimulates debate. The main theme is provided through a series of articles on quality and service improvement in England written by champions of quality improvement programmes including Getting it Right First Time (GIRFT). I am hugely indebted to Dr Sarah Clarke for her guest editorship. She herself has championed quality and service improvement in her roles as a clinical cardiologist, clinical vice president of the Royal College of Physicians (RCP) and president of the British Cardiovascular Society, and current co-lead for cardiology GIRFT.Do first read her editorial to introduce and contextualise the articles.1 My hope is that you will then read the articles critically. You will all have awareness of NHS long-term plans for service and workforce, and perhaps direct experience of the GIRFT programme. Given the resource invested in these programmes, they must be critically appraised. Please provide feedback via letters to the editor (instructions at www.rcpjournals.org/content/submit-future-healthcare-journal), Twitter (@futurehealthj) or email (fhj@rcp.ac.uk). … ER -