NHS Veteran Aware

The Veterans Covenant Healthcare Alliance (VCHA) is an NHS England funded accreditation programme. It works to ensure that organisations who deliver healthcare have the tools they need to remove disadvantage for the Armed Forces community. 

With the introduction in 2012 of The Armed Forces Covenant and enshrined by law into the Armed Forces Bill 2021, all public service providers will need to meet the requirements of this new legislation. Veteran Aware accreditation will support these requirements and will be exemplars of provision of the best care for veterans and their families, to ensure that they afford no disadvantage in the care they receive. These providers work to helping to drive improvements in NHS care for the Armed Forces community.