A SusQI Beacon Site is an institution or organisation that has integrated sustainability into the way they educate and train their learners/staff in quality improvement. Beacon Sites are recognised as leading in empowering staff and/or students to design and implement sustainable quality improvement as part of the transition towards a 'Net Zero' healthcare system.

Beacon Sites are recognised as leading in empowering staff and/or students to design and implement sustainable quality improvement and transformation. They are able to:

-Appear as a Beacon Site on the live map on the CSH website
-Use the Beacon Site logo for internal and external communications as well as on educational and training materials
-Receive a quarterly e-newsletter to stay up to date with news from other Beacon Sites
-Access a staff discount for attendance at an annual SusQI Showcase Event, with the opportunity to present sustainability in QI work and exchange ideas with other Beacon Sites

There are two parts to becoming a SusQI Beacon Site:

1) Provide written organisational commitment to embedding SusQI and evidence of progress towards achieving this. Once submitting this you will be recognised as an ‘Aspiring Beacon Site’.

2) Provide evidence that sustainability has been integrated into the QI education and training. Once submitting this you will be recognised as an ‘Established Beacon Site’.

There is a one-off administration fee of £350 for applications for both Aspiring and Established Beacon Site status, followed by an annual retention fee of £175. Once established as a Beacon Site, this status will be reviewed annually for the first 2 years, and 3-yearly thereafter.