The Veterans Covenant Healthcare Alliance (VCHA) is a group of NHS providers, including acute, mental health, community, and ambulance trusts that have agreed to model of the best care for, and support to, the Armed Forces community.

The VCHA is a strategic and continuous quality improvement programme. Its purpose is to:

improve understanding of the needs of and the services and initiatives available to the Armed Forces community to improve care underpinned by evidence and data; improving healthcare for the Armed Forces community while raising the standards for everyone accessing care within the NHS.

Support the NHS to meet its statutory duties relating to the involvement of patients and the public and to ensure no disadvantage, or unwarranted variation, in accessing healthcare for the Armed Forces community, as per The Armed Forces Act, 2021.

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• Statutory requirement of the Armed Forces Covenant
• Raising awareness of the Armed Forces community
• Driving down health inequalities and unwarranted variation
• Reduce disadvantage.