About Us
Learn more about the Med-Co Group…
"Bringing the right people together to make lives healthier..."
Med-Co Group strives to continuously improve healthcare provision, (for both patients and healthcare staff), by delivering accessible, patient-centred, cost effective, sustainable healthcare without ever compromising quality or services.
We firmly believe that everyone is entitled to high quality, reliable healthcare, delivered by qualified professionals, who are supported by a team of knowledgeable healthcare and industry experts. To achieve this we source, recruit and develop high-calibre Clinicians, provide them with all the support and resources they need to excel and build diverse, dynamic, proactive teams that are passionate about health and wellbeing.
Our specialists use all their skills and experience to make our vision a daily reality. From seasoned Practitioners looking for a new challenge, to newly qualified Clinicians eager to put theory into practice – they are all driven by a desire to improve, learn and support each other to offer the best possible outcomes for Patients, Service Users and Stakeholders.
How it all started...
Med-Co was established by Catherine Jenkins (previously Catherine Wheel), in February 1998, initially as a Primary Care locum company dealing solely with placing General Practitioners in different establishments, including; Health Centres, Prisons and various Ministry of Defence sites. After quickly establishing an excellent reputation within the healthcare sector and building an extensive network of highly qualified professional Clinicians, the company grew and expanded to become Med-Co Group, encompassing Med-Co Recruitment (formerly Med-Co Europe) and Med-Co Secure Healthcare Services.
Med-Co Recruitment (MEL)
Med-Co (Europe) quickly became one of the few medical recruitment agencies in the UK specialising exclusively in Primary Care. 25+ years later, our experienced, sector specialist, recruitment professionals still provide professional services to clients and candidates across the UK and abroad. We believe that personal relationships lie at the heart of our business and are proud to call many of our clients and candidates long standing friends of Med-Co.
Med-Co Secure Healthcare Services (SHS)
Med-Co Secure Healthcare Services (Med-Co SHS) was formed in 2010 to manage contracts specifically for the direct provision and management of GP led healthcare services in secure environments, focussing mainly on prison sites and immigration removal centres. Over the past 14+ years, we have utilised our considerable knowledge and operational experience, to empower Clinicians providing outstanding healthcare services to these exceptionally vulnerable patient groups in highly specialised environments.
Meet our Leadership Team:
Danielle Williams
Operations Director
Danielle joined Med-Co in 2006 and has been in her current role since Med-Co Secure Healthcare Services formed in 2010. Responsible for the strategic management and overall operational delivery of all Med-Co Group's healthcare services, she has a unique understanding of the challenges presented by secure environments and utilises it to provide invaluable non-clinical support and leadership across the whole business.
Dr Ehsan Rafiq
Medical Director
Providing overall medical leadership and guidance, Ehsan has a wealth of practical experience both in secure environments and in community settings. He is a partner in a modern NHS GP practice, a GP trainer and appraiser, a qualified substance misuse practitioner and special advisor to the CQC. He champions Clinical Staff Development and ensures robust clinical governance is maintained across all our contracts.
Helen Adam
Clinical Services Lead
Helen joined Med-Co in 2014 and is a dual qualified RGN/RMN and Substance Misuse Practitioner with extensive experience in IRC Healthcare Management. As our CQC Registered Manager, Helen is responsible for service quality, regulatory compliance and overseeing all Med-Co Group's healthcare delivery. She provides expert clinical oversight, prioritises patient and staff wellbeing and proactively develops our mental health resources.
Our Organisational Commitments and Accreditations:
Med-Co Group (including all our subsidiary companies) is fully committed to promoting equality, embracing diversity, safeguarding mental health and wellbeing, and minimising the environmental impact of all our business activities. To demonstrate our commitments, we have pledged to implement nationally recognised standards for best practice and continuously review our progress against various quality standards and regulatory guidelines.
Disability Confident is a government initiative, developed by employers and disabled people’s representatives, to encourage employers to recruit and retain staff with health conditions and disabilities. We know that expanding our diverse talent pool benefits our whole network, enabling us to utilise a wider range of skills, knowledge and expertise to further improve our healthcare services, to ensure our patients receive the best possible care. We are committed to increasing understanding and challenging attitudes towards disability, by removing barriers to disabled people and those with long-term health conditions.
The Mental Health at Work Commitment, and the six standards which underpin it, were developed by UK employers and mental health experts as a roadmap for supporting and achieving better mental health outcomes for staff. We recognise the massive impact workplace wellbeing can have on staff, patients and services and are committed to supporting and improving mental health at work, across all of our organisational activities.
The Care Quality Commission is an executive non-departmental public body of the Department of Health and Social Care of the United Kingdom. It was established in 2009 to regulate and inspect health and social care providers in England.
Healthcare Improvement Scotland is the national healthcare improvement organisation for Scotland. It is a public body which is part of the Scottish National Health Service, created in April 2011.
Cyber Essentials is a set of baseline technical controls produced by the UK Government and security industry to help organisations improve their cyber security defences and demonstrate a public commitment to their network security and the standards to which they operate.
Green Dragon is an environmental accreditation awarded to businesses that take action to understand, monitor and control their impacts on the environment. We have had Level 1 accreditation since XXXX and are working towards Level 2 currently.
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If you are interested in joining our Medico-Legal Team, please contact us to arrange an informal discussion with our Medical Director.
