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Our Framework Approvals

Medacs Healthcare is an approved supplier on all of the major national frameworks used by the NHS, NHS Scotland and HSC NI to source healthcare staffing and workforce solutions.

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Medacs Healthcare is approved, trusted, and recognised across the NHS, NHS Scotland, HSC NI and private organisations.

We have supported NHS, NHS Scotland and HSC NI organisations across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland trusts for more than 35 years.

Take a look at which frameworks we are on, what each covers, and, importantly, what that actually means for you, whether you are a clinician looking for work or an organisation looking for staff.

What is an NHS or HSC NI framework?

An NHS or HSC NI framework is an official, pre-approved list of suppliers that public sector organisations are allowed to buy services through.

Within healthcare recruitment this means an agency has to pass an assessment covering compliance, safeguarding, financial stability, pricing and service standards. In other words, a framework is a stamp of trust.

When an agency is 'on framework', it means the NHS and HSC NI have already vetted and approved them, so buyers don't have to build that trust from scratch.

Being approved on the major frameworks, as Medacs Healthcare is, is one of the clearest signals an agency is credible, compliant and safe to work with.

Why our framework approvals matter to you

Framework approval means different things depending on whether you are a clinician looking for work or an organisation looking for staff or workforce support.

Take a look at why you should choose a framework approved agency like Medacs Healthcare

If you are a clinician	If you are a client
You are placed through an agency both the NHS and HSC NI already recognises and trusts	You can be assured that any workers supplied are compliant having been procured through an approved framework
It's a sign your agency is properly compliant and well established.	Our vetting, governance and pricing are assessed against national standards
It opens the door to a huge range of NHS and HSC NI public sector work	You get our full range: temporary, permanent, insourcing and workforce solutions.
It means the trusts you want to work in can book you - giving you more freedom to work flexibly	Reassurance that every member of staff you hire through us meets final competency and approval.

What our approvals mean if you are a private healthcare provider

Choosing to work with a framework approved agency like Medacs Healthcare is great for private healthcare providers too.

If you are a private hospital, clinic, care provider or any independent healthcare organisation, choosing a framework-approved agency gives you many advantages including:

You benefit from the same assurance as NHS and HSC NI providers.

To stay on framework, we are independently audited on our compliance, safeguarding, governance and financial stability, and clinicians can be vetted to NHS Employment Check standards.

As a private healthcare provider this means you also have the assurance without completing the due diligence yourself.

It strengthens your own regulatory position.

Many private healthcare providers are CQC-regulated so safe staffing is a core expectation.

Sourcing staff through an agency held to NHS and HSC NI NI framework standards means your temporary workforce is properly vetted and compliant.

All clinicians can be vetted to the same NHS standards.

The doctors, nurses and allied health professionals we place are compliance-checked to the NHS and HSC NI benchmark, typically the highest bar in UK healthcare.

This means you benefit from a rigorously vetted pool of clinicians.

You are dealing with transparent, benchmarked pricing.

Frameworks operate within agreed pricing structures.

Even though you're not bound by NHS or HSC NI rate caps as a private buyer, you're working with an organisation used to fair, transparent, defensible pricing.

You work with an established, audited organisation.

Framework approval is only awarded to agencies that are financially sound and properly run.

This means you work with an established, audited organisation, not a supplier who might disappear mid-contract

For you, that's the reassurance of partnering with an established, audited organisation, not a supplier who might disappear mid-contract

The frameworks we are approved on

We hold approvals across all the major UK national framework bodies.
Here's information about each framework and the organisation that runs each one.

NHS Workforce Alliance and
Government Commercial Agency (GCA)

Many of our national framework approvals sit under the NHS Workforce Alliance, a collaboration between Government Commercial Agency (GCA) and leading NHS procurement organisations. These frameworks give NHS and public sector organisations a compliant route to access temporary staffing, permanent recruitment, insourcing and workforce solutions.

Clinical and healthcare staffing

Multidisciplinary temporary healthcare personnel

Workforce improvement and staff bank services

Insourced services to support clinical capacity

International healthcare recruitment

The latest national health workforce solutions framework

Health and Social Care
Northern Ireland (HSC NI)

Medacs Healthcare is an approved supplier on the Health and Social Care Northern Ireland framework, showing that we meet the level of quality and governance required across Northern Ireland.

Recognised quality through HSC NI approved governance and compliance
Reliable workforce support for clinical and non-clinical services
Streamlined access to trusted staffing solutions
Clear and safe processes for meeting workforce needs quickly and effectively

HealthTrust Europe (HTE)

A leading NHS procurement partner. Our approvals on HealthTrust Europe's Total Workforce Solutions and related agreements cover the full breadth of clinical staffing and managed services, including:

Medical locums and general practitioners

Nursing and care service workers

Allied health professionals and health science workers

Managed Bank Solutions, Managed Agency Solutions, Workforce efficiency and Optimisation Solutions

Clinical insourcing

National and international permanent recruitment

NHS Scotland (National Procurement)

Our Scottish approvals mean we support NHS Scotland directly, genuine proof of our UK-wide reach, including:

Medical locums

Nursing

Allied and other health professionals

Medical insourcing services

NHS Shared Business Services

Medacs Healthcare is approved on NHS Shared Business Services for insourcing clinical services. This shows that our governance, our processes and our clinical standards meet national requirements and have been independently checked.

For NHS teams, it means working with a partner that is already trusted, evaluated and ready to deliver reliable clinical capacity when demand increases.
For clinicians, it means joining an agency recognised for quality and consistency across the health service in the UK.

Other approvals

Countess of Chester, for on-site surgical and medical capacity
Countess of Chester, for Autism and ADHD assessments
ESPO, for occupational health services

Across Great Britain

Our framework approvals show that we provide vetted staff into services and have work for clinicians in services across England, Scotland and Wales.

Alongside the NHS Workforce Alliance, Government Commercial Agency and HealthTrust Europe frameworks, we also hold NHS Scotland national procurement approvals for medical locums, nursing and allied health professionals.

Wherever you are in Great Britain, you will be able to find work through us or find fully vetted staff to support your services.

The full range of work our approvals cover

At Medacs Healthcare we are proud of our 98% audit pass rate across all frameworks. Our framework approvals mean we support the NHS, the HSC NI, the private sector and the wider public sector with safe and compliant clinical workforce.

Together our framework approvals mean we can provide:

Temporary and locum staffing for doctors, nurses and allied health professionals

Permanent recruitment into substantive NHS, HSC NI and private roles

Insourcing, delivering additional clinical capacity to cut waiting lists

Managed workforce solutions, including staff banks, master vendor, neutral vendor, direct engagement and managed agency services

Occupational health services

Working with Medacs Healthcare means doing things properly, at national scale

Being approved on all the major UK national frameworks matters to us.

It means our compliance, our governance and our standards have been independently assessed against the requirements of both the NHS and the HSC NI, again and again.

We have a 98% pass rate across all of our framework audits.

For the clinicians we place and the organisations we support, whether NHS, HSC NI or private, working with us, gives you reassurance that we do things properly.

Work with an agency the NHS, NHS Scotland and the HSC NI already trusts

Whether you are a clinician looking for your next role, an NHS trust, an HSC NI organisation or a private healthcare provider looking for a workforce partner you can rely on, Medacs Healthcare is an agency that works to the highest national standards.