Hospital Broadcasting Association

Hospital Broadcasting Association
	HBA logo
Abbreviation	HBA
Formation	24 September 1992
Type	Trade association
Legal status	Non-profit company (No. 2750147) and registered charity (no. 1015501)
Purpose	Hospital radio in the UK
Region served	UK
Membership	Over 210 hospital radio stations delivering entertainment and information to over 450 UK hospitals
Chairman	Grant McNaughton
Main organ	Executive Committee
Affiliations	NHS
Website	HBA

The Hospital Broadcasting Association (HBA) supports the 210 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 through a variety of broadcast medium as well as a few hospital television services.

HBA's patron is the former Head of Presentation at BBC Radio 2, Alan Dedicoat, who before joining the BBC started his radio life in the hospital radio "trade".

Function

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. This expertise is vital to the stations, as many of a station's members will not have had previous experience in either broadcasting, running or managing an organisation.

The HBA also provides regular training events for those involved with the associations member stations; attracting guest speakers who have a wealth of professional experience in radio broadcasting and interview techniques, radio technology or the finer points of computer based broadcasting software. In addition HBA offers training and support on numerous administration elements of managing a charity. ^[1]

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, recognising volunteers within the HBA and its member stations that deserve recognition for going the extra mile in their work. The awards are presented at the HBA Annual National Conference held in the Spring of each year. ^[2] for association members and the general public to see in full.

2022

National Hospital Radio Awards 2022.

Presented: 29 August 2022 online.^[3]^[4]
Station of the Year
Gold: Radio Ysbyty Gwynedd Silver: Radio Tyneside Bronze: Radio Brockley
Best Male Presenter	Best Female Presenter
Gold: Connor Morgans^[5] Silver: Jake McElvogue Bronze: Neil Ogden	Gold: Jo Hobbis Silver: Adelle Davies Bronze: Vicky Pinder
Best Speech Package	Best Special Event
Gold: Radio Brockley Silver: Bath Radio Bronze: Radio Tyneside	Gold: The Hospital Broadcasting Service Silver: Winchester Radio Bronze: Radio Glamorgan
Best Newcomer	Best Specialist Music Programme
Gold: Hannah Gilchrist Silver: Tiz Harris Bronze: Claire Cummins	Gold: HWD Hospital Radio Silver: Hospital Radio Plymouth Bronze: The Hospital Broadcasting Service
Best Programme with Multiple Presenters	Best Station Promotion
Gold: The Heff & Beth Show - Hospital Radio Medway Silver: Steve & Jen Unplanned -Arrowe Sound Bronze: Daniel & Mark's LGBT Pride Hours - Harrogate Hospital Radio	Gold: Radio Glamorgan Silver: Southend Hospital Radio Bronze: Harrogate Hospital Radio
Recognising Innovation Across Hospital Radio	The John Whitney Outstanding Contribution Award
Gold: Radio Hillingdon	Gold: Paul Blitz

Structure

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. Its official name is the National Association of Hospital Broadcasting Organisations, but adopted Hospital Broadcasting Association as its working name in the 1990s.

Regions

Anglia
Home Counties
London
Midlands
North
North West
Northern Ireland
Scotland
South
South East
Wales & West
Yorkshire

References

^ "Training Network". Hospital Broadcasting Association. Retrieved 22 July 2012.
^ "National Hospital Radio Awards 2012". Hospital Broadcasting Association. Archived from the original on 12 December 2021. Retrieved 22 June 2014.
^ "National Hospital Radio Award Winners 2022 | Hospital Broadcasting Association". www.hbauk.com. Retrieved 10 October 2022.
^ "Winners announced for the National Hospital Radio Awards 2022". RadioToday. 30 August 2022. Retrieved 10 October 2022.
^ "22 year-old Bridgend Hospital Radio DJ wins national award". Swansea Bay News. 30 August 2022. Retrieved 23 November 2022.

External links

[1] "Training Network". Hospital Broadcasting Association. Retrieved 22 July 2012.

[2] "National Hospital Radio Awards 2012". Hospital Broadcasting Association. Archived from the original on 12 December 2021. Retrieved 22 June 2014.

[3] "National Hospital Radio Award Winners 2022 | Hospital Broadcasting Association". www.hbauk.com. Retrieved 10 October 2022.

[4] "Winners announced for the National Hospital Radio Awards 2022". RadioToday. 30 August 2022. Retrieved 10 October 2022.

[5] "22 year-old Bridgend Hospital Radio DJ wins national award". Swansea Bay News. 30 August 2022. Retrieved 23 November 2022.

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