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Medacs Healthcare supplies temporary healthcare professionals across a wide range of NHS and private healthcare settings. This includes acute hospitals, mental health services, community healthcare, primary care, urgent and emergency care, surgical and diagnostic hubs, outpatient services and private hospitals.

Our specialist recruitment teams understand that each setting has different service pressures, compliance requirements and skill mix needs. Whether cover is needed for a busy hospital department, a community service, a primary care setting or a specialist clinical pathway, we work to source candidates who are suited to the role, environment and level of demand.

Medacs Healthcare supplies temporary healthcare professionals across all major staffing groups, grades and specialties. This includes medical, nursing, midwifery, theatre, healthcare science, allied health and healthcare support roles

Yes. Medacs Healthcare has specialist recruitment teams with experience sourcing candidates for hard-to-recruit roles, specialties and locations. Our established candidate networks help us identify suitable healthcare professionals across different grades, settings and clinical disciplines.

This is particularly important where services need more than general availability. We focus on finding candidates who are compliant, committed and appropriately matched to the role, helping healthcare providers secure reliable cover even where requirements are specialist or short notice.

Yes. Medacs Healthcare is known for our ability to provide a rapid response to urgent staffing needs. Our teams are skilled at sourcing compliant clinical staff quickly, including outside standard office hours.

With responsive account managers, out-of-hours support and a large network of engaged healthcare professionals, we can help NHS and private healthcare providers maintain access to temporary staffing cover when service pressures change unexpectedly.

Medacs Healthcare provides genuine 24/7 temporary staffing support, with experienced teams actively supporting urgent cover needs at any time of the day or night. This means our service does not stop at the end of the working day.

Our out-of-hours teams can help to manage urgent staffing requests, source suitable candidates and provide practical support for candidates and clients. This is particularly valuable for healthcare providers managing late-notice absences and overnight rota gaps.

A master vendor service is a managed service model used by NHS organisations and healthcare providers to bring agency staffing into one controlled process. It involves working with a designated master vendor provider like Medacs Healthcare who manages temporary agency supply on your behalf, rather than your teams coordinating multiple agencies separately.

As part of the service, the master vendor can manage supplier relationships, agency bookings, compliance oversight, rate control, invoicing and performance reporting. This gives healthcare providers one accountable partner for agency staffing, helping to improve consistency, reduce administration and strengthen control over temporary staffing spend.

A master vendor service helps streamline the way agency staffing is managed, saving time and reducing pressure on internal workforce, procurement and finance teams. By centralising supplier management, bookings and invoicing, healthcare providers gain a more consistent and structured approach to temporary agency supply.

The benefits can include improved fill rates, access to a wider managed supply chain, stronger compliance oversight, better rate control and clearer visibility of agency staffing spend. 

A master vendor service is usually led by one primary staffing provider, which manages agency supply on behalf of the healthcare organisation and may also supply candidates directly. The master vendor coordinates the wider supplier network where needed, while remaining accountable for service delivery, compliance, bookings, rates and invoicing.

A neutral vendor service is different because the provider manages the supplier network but does not usually supply candidates directly. This can create a more independent supplier management model. The right choice depends on what the organisation needs most. Medacs Healthcare is well placed to advise on options for both models, with neutral vendor services available via other MGG Health workforce brands. 

Yes. Preferred staffing agencies can continue to be used within a master vendor service. The difference is that their activity is managed through the agreed master vendor arrangement, rather than being coordinated separately by internal teams.

This means agencies can still support staffing requirements, but the master vendor manages communication, bookings, compliance checks, rate adherence and invoicing through one structured process. This helps healthcare providers keep access to established suppliers while gaining more consistent control over quality, compliance and cost.

Transitioning to a master vendor service usually begins with a review of your current agency staffing arrangements. This includes looking at existing suppliers, booking routes, areas of demand, rates, spend, compliance requirements and the roles or specialties most reliant on agency cover. Our managed service specialists will then work with you to agree the right approach and implementation plan.