Who We Are
The Healthcare Distribution Association (HDA) represents those businesses who supply medicines, medical devices and healthcare services to patients, pharmacies, hospitals, dispensing doctors and the pharmaceutical industry. HDA members operate across the four nations of the United Kingdom, enabling a safe, efficient and high-quality supply chain for the healthcare sector.
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The HDA is the trade association for an essential part of the healthcare supply chain. HDA members are responsible for distributing over 92% of NHS medicines and providing wholesaling services including working capital, stock management and IT systems to their supply chain partners.
The HDA and its members are at the forefront of the constantly evolving healthcare supply chain, which is seeing innovative practices and technologies make new services possible for manufacturers and to those who dispense medicines, reflecting the needs and choices of individual patients.
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Our Latest News
Paperless Distribution – HDA Position Paper
HDA UK – Facilitating Digitisation of the UK Medicines Supply Chain.…
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HDA Call to Action
Ensuring the Future: 8 Policies to Reset the Healthcare Distribution Sector…
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HDA supports calls for early planning for the 2024/2025 flu vaccination season
London, 25 October 2023: The HDA has signed a joint letter to…
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Will Quince MP, Minister of State for Health and Secondary Care opens the HDA Annual Conference 2023
Will Quince MP, the Minister of State for Health and Secondary…
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HDA Executive Director Martin Sawer attending 10 Downing Street Ministerial roundtable on vaccine distribution
Executive Director Martin Sawer accompanies Ed Miliband at the opening of an HDA member’s energy sustainable warehouse
Rt. Hon. Andrew Stephenson CBE MP, Minister of State for Health and Secondary Care gave the keynote address at the HDA Annual Conference 2024
Executive Director Martin Sawer opening the HDA Business Day 2024 at Edgbaston Stadium
Sir Ed Davey MP visits HDA member company Alliance Healthcare’s Chessington warehouse
Minister for Secondary Care Karin Smyth MP visits HDA member company AAH’s Bristol warehouse
Gavin Robinson MP visits HDA member company AAH’s Belfast warehouse
Danny Beales MP visits HDA member company AAH’s Ruislip warehouse
Executive Director Martin Sawer giving oral evidence at the Pharmacy APPG’s medicine shortages inquiry
Key Documents
Access supply chain resources and documents produced and collated by the HDA.
