2009 1998 type industrial and provident society location 9 dava street pavilion 3b moorpark court glasgow g51 2ja website nhscreditunion.com nhs scotland and north england credit union limited is a not for profit member owned financial co operative based in glasgow and operating throughout scotland and the north of england . it has 9 100 members 1 and manages over 12m in savings . 2 contents 1 history 2 activities 3 see also 4 references 5 external links history edit see also history of credit unions the credit union was formed as glasgow nhs employees credit union in 1998 on the initiative of the unison southern general hospital branch secretary with the support of the then greater glasgow health board . it became west of scotland nhs employees credit union in 2003 before adopting the present name in 2009 . 3 nhs credit union is a registered trading name of nhs scotland and north england credit union . 4 activities edit membership of nhs credit union is currently restricted by common bond to nhs employees in scotland and the north of england north east north west and yorkshire & humberside regions and their families living at the same address . 5 a member of the association of british credit unions limited 6 registered under the industrial and provident societies acts nhs credit union is authorised by the prudential regulation authority and regulated by the financial conduct authority and pra . ultimately like the banks and building societies members savings are protected against business failure by the financial services compensation scheme . 7 see also edit credit unions in the united kingdom national health service british co operative movement references edit nicoll vivienne credit union for nhs staff lends 1.1 m in 2 months glasgow evening times 6 june 2013 thousands joining credit unions the scottish government newsroom 9 february 2014 jones rupert mps to debate creating credit union for nhs staff the guardian 19 november 2014 about us nhs credit union retrieved 25 february 2015 join us nhs credit union retrieved 24 october 2015 credit unions in membership of abcul association of british credit unions retrieved 1 november 2014 credit union guide financial services compensation scheme retrieved 2 april 2015 external links edit nhs credit union association of british credit unions v t e credit unions in the united kingdom community alford and district community bank the co operative eastern savings & loans east london cherwell community bank leeds city lincolnshire london capital london community london mutual london plus louth community bank northamptonshire north london plaid cymru rainbow saver anglia thamesbank wandsworth plus white rose yourcu industrial changemaker churches mutual 1st class manchester unity national fire savers nhs ou employees pcs penny post plane saver police rmt scvo tcu money dissolved district of canterbury hornsey co operative north west london radio taxicabs london associations association of british credit unions gb irish league of credit unions ni ulster federation of credit unions ni retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title nhs credit union & oldid 722696921 categories credit unions of the united kingdomcompanies based in glasgowcompanies established in 1998national health servicehidden categories use dmy dates from july 2015use british english from july 2015 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 29 may 2016 at 17 23 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view