As the NHS continues its ambition to deliver a “left shift” - moving care out of hospitals and closer to home - clinical homecare is already doing this at scale. Supporting over 600,000 patients across the UK, it is helping to reduce pressure on hospitals, improve...

Please note the NCHA office will be closed from 5pm on 24th December to 9am on 2nd January. All emails received during this time will be responded to when the office re-opens on the 2nd January. If you have a question about your homecare service, please contact your...

The National Clinical Homecare Association (NCHA) and Skills for Health have launched the UK’s first career and competence framework for clinical and nursing roles in clinical homecare services. This industry-wide Clinical Homecare Career and Competence Framework will...

Background The need and demand for homecare services across the UK is growing year on year and having a robust and scalable homecare workforce is key to future growth. There is unnecessary variation in job roles and their descriptions which increases complexity and...

The National Clinical Homecare Association (NCHA) would like to welcome the launch of the new report commissioned by the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI) entitled 'Bringing healthcare home: A blueprint for collaborative clinical homecare". It...

The National Clinical Homecare Association (NCHA) is pleased to introduce a new document titled "Sustainability and reaching Net Zero - A Homecare Industry View." As the national trade body for the clinical homecare industry, the NCHA recognises the urgent challenge...

Clinical homecare is currently allowing 640,000 people with long-term or chronic health conditions in the UK to receive complex hospital treatment at home. But despite the NHS commissioning homecare for almost 30 years, the complexity of the service is not well...

The National Clinical Homecare Association (NCHA) is hosting its next Clinical Homecare Conference on Wednesday, 4th February 2026 at the Birmingham Conference and Events Centre (BCEC) There will be a wealth of opportunity for NHS staff interested in supporting...

1.Hospital to community 2.Analogue to digital 3.Sickness to prevention Alison Davis and Susan Gibert, NCHA Directors were delighted to be invited to speak at the Clinical Pharmacy Congress 2025 recently. The presentation explored how the Clinical Homecare Medicines...

NCHA welcomes this report in that it recognises the significant efforts made by homecare providers to provide high quality and safe homecare services for the 640,000 active homecare patients receiving homecare services. GPhC recognises that homecare medicines services...