Aims & Objectives

Principal Aims

The AHC is determined to raise standards of communications practice throughout the NHS and throughout social care and health.

The AHC aims to:

Promote professional, proactive communications
Influence the national communications agenda
Link members so that they can share information and good practice
Build awareness and understanding of key communications issues affecting health and social care
Represent and support members
Encourage open partnership working with other communications networks and relevant organisations.

To raise awareness of the role and importance of communications in health and social care
To influence the national communications agenda
To improve services for members
To increase membership
To raise the AHC profile
To collaborate with other communications networks and forge new partnerships
To sustain long-term financial viability.

Our current programme of activity includes:

- An annual conference and communications awards

- A regular quarterly newsletter

- Maintaining the AHC website

- Recruiting members
- Varied training programme at competitive rates
- Ad hoc projects, eg judging PR Week awards.