Hospital Consultants and Specialists Association

The Hospital Consultants and Specialists Association (HCSA) is a professional association and trade union in the UK dedicated solely to hospital consultants, specialty doctors and specialty hospital doctors in training ("junior doctors"), originally established in 1948 as the Regional Hospital Consultants and Specialists Association. In 1974 the association's rules were amended to extend membership rights to all senior hospital doctors, and its members voted for a new name, the Hospital Consultants and Specialists Association, to reflect this change.

Hospital Consultants and Specialists Association

The Hospital Consultants and Specialists Association (HCSA) is a professional association and trade union in the UK dedicated solely to hospital consultants, specialty doctors and specialty hospital doctors in training ("junior doctors"), originally established in 1948 as the Regional Hospital Consultants and Specialists Association. In 1974 the association's rules were amended to extend membership rights to all senior hospital doctors, and its members voted for a new name, the Hospital Consultants and Specialists Association, to reflect this change.