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Sustain

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You will want to sustain any improvement within your practice or organisation. This can
be supported by the same methods and measurements that you originally used to test the changes. If by now you feel confident with run charts, you might like to try using the more sophisticated SPC charts to measure your progress. It would be good if you could share any improvement stories with colleagues on this website.

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