Join the association for hearing care providers today and benefit from access to health policy expertise and a wide range of guidance and support. You can also choose to benefit from medical malpractice insurance and our expertise in regulatory defence.

You can join the NCHA as an individual or practice owner.

Individuals

Full support package costs just £220 per year. This includes

• Access to members only area online*, the most comprehensive e-newsletter in UK hearing care and health policy experts working and speaking up for you, so you can look forward to a positive future
  
  
• Medical malpractice insurance which fully meets HCPC requirements. Read more.
  
  
• Expert support throughout any Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) investigation, from the first notification to the day of closure. Read more

 This is made up of 

• £52 for membership
• £120 for medical malpractice insurance
• £48 for regulatory defence

Once you are a member you can choose whether you want to benefit from medical malpractice insurance or regulatory defence support or both. Which means you can join as a member for £52 and then choose what other benefits you want to take advantage of. 

For an application to join the NCHA please email us at [email protected] or call us on 020 7298 5151.

Practice owners

As a practice owner you benefit from membership and insurance fees that are based on the full time equivalent (FTE) clinical staff that you have. For example, if you have one audiologist who works three days a week and another that works two days a week, you have one FTE. That means you pay for one FTE, not two people.

Full support package costs £230 per FTE per year. This includes

Access to members only area online, the most comprehensive e-newsletter in UK hearing care and health policy experts working and speaking up for you, so you can look forward to a positive future

• Medical malpractice insurance which fully meets HCPC requirements. Read more.
• Expert support throughout any Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) investigation, from the first notification to the day of closure
• Access to a legal helpline for commercial law related matters.
• Access to employment law and health and safety support online, phone and via email
• Access to our Practice owner's hub

The FTE fee includes

• £52 for membership
• £120 for medical malpractice insurance
• £58 for regulatory and legal defence, employment law and health and safety support, access to a legal helpline and the NCHA's practice owner's hub

Once you are a member you can choose your benefits. That means for example, you can join for membership and medical malpractice insurance only at £172 per FTE.

For an application to join the NCHA please email us at [email protected] or call us on 020 7298 5110.

Please note, we also offer membership to credited professionals managing ear wax. This membership fee is fixed at £52 per person.

*This excludes the practice owner's hub, which has content specifically created for practice owners.