Medica Group currently offers two primary services to hospital radiology departments to meet demand and supply imbalance in urgent and non urgent settings: NightHawk and Elective (previously Routine) which includes cross-sectional (CT/MR) and plain film (PF) examinations. These services provide hospital radiology departments, amongst other benefits, the ability to manage their workflow more efficiently and provide rapid access to specialist Consultant Radiologists, which may not be available to that hospital at the relevant time or at all.
NightHawk
Out of hours emergency reporting service which is focused on improved patient outcomes and short turnaround times, which average 25 minutes and typically provides reporting on CT scans.
Elective
Both for less urgent daytime reporting, as well as access to expertise in particular sub-specialisms. Elective covers a combination of CT and MR scans (both forms of cross-sectional scan) and Plain Film examinations typically with a 48 hour turnaround time.
Investing in innovation
Medica Group has invested heavily in continual innovation and improvements to its IT interface with customers, to provide a high quality clinical service within a strong clinical governance structure. It offers Consultant Radiologists the best opportunities and framework in which to provide their service.
“Medica's high quality service delivery and clinical governance make the Company the partner of choice for approximately half of the NHS Acute Trusts across the UK”
Roy Davies
Independent Chairman
Key facts
Our company
100+ employees
UK Headquarters
Corporate Headquarters in Hastings
Accredited
ISO 9001, ISO 27001, CQC, Quality Standard for Imaging (QSI)
Our capabilities
500+
We have over 500 reporters contracted to provide their expertise to our clients
1m+
In excess of 1 million examinations reported in 2019
100+
In excess of 100 Hospitals serviced in 2019
History
Medica Group was established in January 2004. In 2007, Nuffield Health acquired 50 per cent. of the Group, acquiring further stakes in 2011 and in 2013 before selling a majority shareholding to CBPE in a management buy-out in May 2013. The Company became a listed business in 2017, entering the London Stock Exchange in March of that year.
As a rapidly growing business, Medica Group has significantly developed the operational aspects of its business over recent years. In 2012, the Group achieved ISO 9001, ISO 27001 and CQC accreditations. In 2014, the Group relocated its Sussex head office from Battle to Hastings to help facilitate its growth. In the same year, the Group established its Clinical Advisory Group, as well as bringing in-house the out of hours call-handling team to provide greater control over the NightHawk process.
The Group has established its own software development department and has expanded its physical locations by opening reporting centres globally. Medica Group has also achieved accreditation from the The Quality Standard for Imaging Scheme (formerly “ISAS”), which is the only nationally recognised accreditation scheme for the diagnostic imaging services sector in the UK and is licensed by both the Royal College of Radiologists and the Society of Radiographers.