Primary Care Cardiovascular Society (pccs)

Name

Primary Care Cardiovascular Society (pccs)

Legal name

Primary Care Cardiovascular Society (PCCS)

Website

https://pccsuk.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Medical Professional Education

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Association & Society Conference Management (Nonprofit, Professional Bodies) (THAHACAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Virtual/Hybrid Conference Production & Platform Management (THAHACAM), Sponsorship, Exhibitor & Partnership Management Services (THAHACAK)

Keywords

• Medical professional education
• Cardiovascular primary care
• Continuing professional development
• Quality improvement programmes
• Healthcare society membership

Headquarters

HQ city

Haywards Heath

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Industry Partnerships and Sponsorship: Pharmaceutical and medical device companies sponsor PCCS events, programmes and educational content. Companies including AstraZeneca, Bayer, Boehringer Ingelheim, Daiichi Sankyo, Medtronic, Novartis, Novo Nordisk, Pfizer, and Recordati provide funding for educational programmes and conferences.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

PCCS is a UK professional membership society that provides cardiovascular disease education, training, and quality improvement resources to over 7,600 primary care healthcare professionals. Its core offerings include the CVD Academy online learning platform with 20+ modules, multiple Quality Improvement (QI) programmes on lipids, heart failure, CKD, triglycerides, and COVID-19 & CVD, multi-month virtual change programmes, and an annual calendar of conferences. Membership is free for UK-based practising healthcare professionals, with operations funded primarily through industry partnerships with major pharmaceutical and medical device companies.

Product overview

The Primary Care Cardiovascular Society (PCCS) operates as a platform-plus-programmes architecture offering educational content and professional development for UK primary care healthcare professionals. The core offering includes the CVD Academy (an online learning platform with over 20 educational modules) supplemented by multiple Quality Improvement (QI) programmes covering Lipids, Heart Failure, CKD, Triglycerides, and COVID-19 & CVD. The society organizes an annual calendar of conferences including the PCCS Annual Conference, Spring Conference, and regional Scotland and Wales conferences. Additional offerings include the National HFpEF QI Programme, CVRM (Cardio-Renal-Metabolic) change management programmes, and awards recognizing excellence in cardiovascular care. PCCS also provides member benefits including Pastest exam preparation discounts and affiliate membership with the British Cardiovascular Society.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• CVD Academy Online educational platform providing modules and resources on cardiovascular disease for healthcare professionals in primary care, including lipid management, heart failure, and CVRM topics.
• Lipid Quality Improvement (QI) Programme Four-module educational programme focused on lipid management in primary and secondary prevention of CVD, covering patient identification, recall and review, treatment, and familial hypercholesterolaemia.
• Heart Failure QI Programme Quality improvement programme for heart failure management in primary care settings.
• CKD QI Programme Four-module quality improvement programme for chronic kidney disease management in primary care.
• Triglycerides QI Programme Four-module programme addressing triglycerides management in primary care.
• COVID-19 & CVD QI Programme Three-module programme addressing COVID-19 and cardiovascular disease quality improvement.
• National HFpEF QI Programme Four-month virtual series focused on Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction (HFpEF) management and quality improvement in primary care.
• Leading Change in Cardio-Renal-Metabolic Medicine (CVRM) Programme 12-month virtual change programme with four expert-led meetings designed to equip healthcare professionals with skills to lead improvements across CVRM care.
• Implementing Holistic CVRM Management in Primary Care Four-month virtual series focused on strengthening clinical practice in cardiovascular renal metabolic conditions management.
• PCCS Annual Conference Annual flagship conference event for primary care healthcare professionals covering cardiovascular care topics.
• PCCS Spring Conference Annual spring conference event for PCCS members.
• PCCS Scotland Conference Regional annual conference held in Scotland for cardiovascular education.
• PCCS Wales Conference Regional annual conference held in Wales for cardiovascular education.
• PCCS Multimorbidity Conference Conference focused on managing multimorbidities through a cardiovascular lens.
• PCCS & NHSE Triage Programme Collaboration with NHS England on primary care triage initiatives.
• CVDPREVENT Explained Educational resource explaining the CVDPREVENT data and improvement tool.

Named customers1 record

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

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Feature2 records

Partnerships

14 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• AstraZenecacoreGTM or Marketing PartnerMajor pharmaceutical company listed as an Industry Partner of PCCS, contributing to funding of educational programmes and events.
• BayercoreGTM or Marketing PartnerPharmaceutical company listed as an Industry Partner of PCCS. Funded National HFpEF QI Programme.
• Boehringer IngelheimcoreGTM or Marketing PartnerMajor pharmaceutical company listed as an Industry Partner of PCCS, contributing to educational programme funding.
• Daiichi SankyocoreGTM or Marketing PartnerPharmaceutical company listed as an Industry Partner of PCCS and sponsor of PCCS 9th Annual Conference.
• MedtroniccoreGTM or Marketing PartnerMedical technology company listed as an Industry Partner of PCCS, contributing to cardiovascular education programmes.
• NovartiscoreGTM or Marketing PartnerPremium Partner of PCCS and funder of the Lipid QI Programme. Novartis is reimagining medicine to improve and extend people's lives with high-value medicines.
• Novo NordiskcoreGTM or Marketing PartnerPharmaceutical company listed as an Industry Partner of PCCS. Funded 'Implementing holistic CVRM management in primary care' programme.
• PfizercoreGTM or Marketing PartnerMajor pharmaceutical company listed as an Industry Partner of PCCS, contributing to cardiovascular education funding.
• RecordaticoreGTM or Marketing PartnerInternational pharmaceutical company (100 years in life-enhancing medicines, over 4,500 employees) listed as an Industry Partner of PCCS.
• A. Menarini Farmaceutica Internazionale SRLcoreGTM or Marketing PartnerFunding organisation for the 'Leading Change in Cardio-Renal-Metabolic Medicine (CVRM) Programme', responsible for symposium sessions.
• British Cardiovascular SocietycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAffiliation providing affiliate membership with BCS for PCCS members. BCS Council member involvement since PCCS refoundation.
• British Society for Heart FailurecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEndorses the National HFpEF QI Programme. Provides patient information resources through their website.
• NHS EnglandcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborates on PCCS & NHSE Triage Programme and Primary Care Triage in Practice webinar series.
• PastestminorGTM or Marketing PartnerMedical exam preparation provider offering exclusive 20% discount code to PCCS members.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• British Society for Heart Failure (BSH): UK society dedicated to heart failure that endorses PCCS's National HFpEF QI Programme; operates overlapping education and QI programmes in the same clinical area and competes for the same pharma sponsorship pool.
• HEART UK – The Cholesterol Charity: UK charity focused on cholesterol and lipid management that delivers education and resources to clinicians and patients in an area overlapping with PCCS's Lipid QI Programme.
• Arrhythmia Alliance: UK-based heart rhythm charity explicitly listed as a peer organisation by PCCS; offers patient- and HCP-facing cardiovascular education and awareness programmes in an adjacent cardiology subspecialty.
• Primary Care Diabetes Society: UK membership society for primary care professionals focused on diabetes; operates a similar freemium model, CPD-accredited education, and annual conference programme, making it the closest structural analogue to PCCS in a different therapy area.

Broad incumbents

• European Society of Cardiology (ESC): Pan-European cardiology society offering CPD, congresses and QI initiatives that increasingly extend into primary care; represents an international incumbent whose primary care content overlaps with PCCS's remit.
• American Heart Association (AHA): US-based cardiovascular organisation with comparable education, QI programmes, scientific meetings and pharma-funded initiatives; serves as a large-scale international analogue of the PCCS model.
• Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP): The professional membership body for UK GPs; provides CPD, accreditation and clinical resources that overlap with PCCS's primary-care cardiovascular education and could absorb CVD-specific content into broader primary care programming.
• American College of Cardiology (ACC): US cardiovascular professional society offering education, CPD and QI programmes with pharma/industry partnerships structurally similar to PCCS's sponsorship model.
• British Cardiovascular Society (BCS): The UK-wide professional society for cardiovascular specialists with which PCCS holds an affiliate membership arrangement; comparable in offering CPD and conferences but with a broader cardiology (rather than primary care) focus.

Others

• World Heart Federation: Global umbrella organisation linking cardiovascular societies and providing policy, advocacy and education frameworks; relevant as the international layer above national societies like PCCS.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

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