Membership

HCA membership is open to healthcare communications consultancies, freelance healthcare communications practitioners and to any companies involved in the manufacturing and marketing of pharmaceutical and associated products.

Being a member of the HCA sends out a clear signal that a company is committed to raising the profile and understanding of healthcare communications and is committed to operating according to best communications practice.  Membership confers a wide variety of additional features and benefits.  Foremost among these is the opportunity for industry and consultancy to work together to improve healthcare communications standards.  Other specific features include:

  • Preferential rates at HCA training courses, leading to a better trained, more-effective workforce
  • Free access to the HCA Interative Evaluation Toolkit , helping to improve client confidence in the key area of evaluation 
  • Free access to the HCA Good Practice Guide, which currently covers the standards for working with the media
  • Exclusive access to the annual Healthcare Consultancy Benchmarking Survey, allowing agencies to compare operating practices with other organisations
  • Exclusive access to the annual Pharmaceutical Company Benchmarking Survey
  • Opportunities to share knowledge and to participate in issues forums
  • Access to up-to-date informed analysis of key issues and developments affecting the healthcare industry
  • Access to the password-protected members-only section of the HCA website, which includes useful core resources and a user-friendly contact management system
  • The opportunity to display the HCA logo on advertising and promotional literature - agency membership of the HCA is denoted in the Communiqué directory 
  • Membership benefits programme, special discounts on professional services and events

There are many other less tangible, but equally valuable benefits, such as the opportunity to network with leading industry figures and to exchange views with colleagues facing similar opportunities and challenges in a non-competitive and informal environment.

Joining the HCA

If you would like to become a member of the HCA either click here to download an application form or contact the HCA Secretariat for more details.

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Associate membership

Please find below a list of our current Associate Members, if you would like to know more about their areas of expertise then please click here.

Annual Membership Fees - 2008

Pharmaceutical companies:

 

 

UK operating company employing 15 or more marketing / communications executives

      

£1,500
(£1,762.50 inc VAT)

 

UK operating company employing fewer than 15 marketing / communications executives

£1,200
(£1,410.00 inc VAT)

 

International / global / headquarters operation, where UK operating company is an existing HCA member

 

£750
(£881.25 inc VAT)                  

 

Consultancies:

 

 

Organisation (whether UK based or overseas) with 10 or more executives allocated to healthcare

£1,500
(£1,762.50 inc VAT)

 

Organisation (whether UK based or overseas) with fewer than 10 executives allocated to healthcare

£1,200
(£1,410.00 inc VAT)

 

Any subsequent organisation, within an existing HCA members' group, that operates as a distinctly operated (or branded) consultancy

£750
(£881.25 inc VAT)

 

Associate members:

 

 

Freelance healthcare communications practitioner (sole trader) who spends the majority of their time working with either pharmaceutical companies or healthcare communications consultancies

£150
(£176.25 inc VAT)

 

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HCA Application Form

Download an application form using the link below.

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HCA Prospectus

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