Hospital Broadcasting Association
- Hospital Broadcasting Association
The Hospital Broadcasting Association (HBA) supports the 230 or so independent hospital broadcasting organisations serving hospitals, hospices and nursing homes in the UK. The vast majority of these organisations provide hospital radio services, although there are also a few hospital television services.
Advice and Guidance
HBA provides advice and guidance to the management of the stations on all aspects of running a hospital broadcasting organisation. This is available via its website, its members' magazine, at national conferences, regional events and in response to specific enquiries.
National Representation
HBA represents hospital broadcasting at a national level, engaging with appropriate national organisations such as:
* the NHS
* the Dept of Health
* Ofcom
* the copyright collecting societies PPL, PRS and MCPS
* the charity regulators Charity Commission and OSCR
* the government's Office of the Third Sector
National Hospital Radio Awards
The HBA stages the National Hospital Radio Awards annually to encourage volunteers to produce better programmes, to recognise the efforts of all hospital broadcasting volunteers, and to promote hospital broadcasting to the general public. The awards are presented at the HBA national conference held in the Spring of each year.
Legal Status
The HBA is a company limited by guarantee (number 2750147) and is registered as a charity (number 1015501) with the Charity Commission for England and Wales. It's official name is the National Association of Hospital Broadcasting Organisations, but adopted Hospital Broadcasting Association as its working name in the 1990s.
External links
* [http://www.hbauk.com Hospital Broadcasting Association]
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