NHS (Scotland And North England) Credit Union

The NHS Credit Union is a not-for-profit financial co-operative owned by our members and was started in November 1998.

Founder member Robert Rae had started the ball rolling about 18 months earlier in his role as UNISON Branch Secretary of the Southern General Hospital Branch. With the support of the trade unions and the employer, Southern General NHS Trust, the original volunteers set about establishing the Credit Union.

Since then, your Credit Union has grown steadily, reaching a number of landmarks along the way, from opening our office at the Southern General and employing our first staff member, to developing to cover all NHS employees and their family members across the whole of Scotland and the North of England.

At the start of this financial year, we had around 11,500 members; had issued loans totaling more than £50 million - and our members' savings were more than £13m.