NHS Change Day – a single day of collective action to demonstrate how small changes can have a big impact

On the 13 March 2013 NHS Change Day will bring together the individual creativity, energy   and innovative thinking of thousands of NHS staff from across clinical and non-clinical areas   of work, in a single day of collective action to improve care for patients, their families and   their carers.   Change Day is an NHS grassroots initiative devised and driven by new young and emergent   clinical and managerial leaders from primary and secondary care across the NHS in England,   who want to make this call to action the single largest simultaneous improvement event in   the NHS.     It is an ambitious programme of activities aimed at galvanising and engaging the frontline in   the process of improvement through individuals and teams pledging to make a change in   their practice which will improve patient experience and/or clinical outcomes by spreading   and adopting best practice and championing innovation. This will be a country wide event   covering the whole of the UK and will coincide with Healthcare Innovation Expo at Excel in   the same day.          The idea of NHS Change Day is create a mass movement of people working in the NHS   demonstrating the difference they can make - by one simple act – and proving that large   scale improvement is possible in the NHS. The aim is for 65,000 people to take part, 65   being the number of years the NHS has been in existence.          Those who wish to take part can go to the NHS Change Day website at   http://www.changemodel.nhs.uk/changeday and make their pledge online, join in the   discussions on the forum and become part of the growing list of active supporters and   organisations taking part on the day.