NHS Change Day has been going since 2013, when a small group of people came up with a great idea: encourage colleagues in the organisation to make a pledge to improve the way they do their job in some way, big or small.
That first successful day of action across England has continued and grown annually. It is an opportunity for everybody who cares about the NHS – including people who don't work within it – to do something that will change it for the better.
This year, for the first time, the event is being coordinated by the community interest organisation, The Academy of Fabulous NHS Stuff, whose founder, Roy Lilley, is a former NHS Trust chair, and well-known commentator and blogger. There is a new app for making pledges, which should make it easier to share the bright ideas. Former Change Day pledges have led to an effective campaign against pressure sores and a drive to find out from patients and carers what their main aim might be, so that doctors and nurses can work with them as a team with the same goal.