UK Board of Healthcare Chaplaincy

The UK Board of Healthcare Chaplaincy (UKBHC) holds a voluntary Register of healthcare chaplains in the UK and seeks to promote the confidence of the public and employers in healthcare chaplaincy and to develop professional standards of practice.

• Find out more about this Accredited Register
• Search this Accredited Register

UKBHC Accreditation status

• Accreditation Renewal Report
• Impact Assessment

UKBHC Condition Status

In September 2024 we found that the UKBHC had met Conditions of Accreditation that had been re-issued following its renewal of accreditation in January 2024. As a result all Standards continue to be met. Accordingly, accreditation is fully confirmed with no outstanding Conditions. 

• Condition Review report

UKBHC Targeted Review Status

At the current time we have not identified the need for a Targeted Review.

In February 2025, we formally initiated a Targeted Review of UKBHC. This arose from a recommendation from the Annual Check we carried out in November 2024 that an investigation was required into the impact of the recent changes in the Board membership of UKBHC after a new Chair took up post in January 2025. Apart from the need to inquire into the robustness of UKBHC’s planning in business continuity, the review sought to confirm the Register’s governance effectiveness and resilience in meeting the ongoing demands of accreditation. UKBHC’s response to our re-issued Conditions provided an indication that the new team assembled around the work of managing and leading the Register are well equipped to ensure effective operations. The Targeted Review, therefore, sought to reconfirm the resilience that the new UKBHC Board has so far demonstrated.

We completed our Targeted Review of UKBHC in May 2025. We concluded that UKBHC has been stabilised and is moving in the right trajectory. There is, therefore, no further cause for concern about its governance effectiveness.

• Targeted Review report

UKBHC Notification of Change status

The UKBHC has not told us about any changes that might affect its accreditation.