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16 July 2018
Totally plc
("Totally", the "Company" or the "Group")
About Health awarded contract valued at up to £3.2 million
Totally plc (AIM:TLY), the provider of a range of out-of-hospital services to the healthcare sector in the UK, is pleased to announce that its wholly owned subsidiary About Health Limited ("About Health"), a provider of community based outpatient and referral management services, has been awarded a two year contract, with the option to extend by a further two years (the "Contract"), by the North Tyneside, North Durham and South Tees Clinical Commissioning Groups (the "CCGs") in the UK. The Contract is valued at £800k per annum.
Under the Contract, which was awarded following a competitive tender process and successful pilot service, About Health will deliver Referral Management Services (RMS) to the CCGs, effective from 1 October 2018.
Richard Benson, CEO of About Health, commented:
"I am delighted with the award of this contract which allows us to build on and expand our existing Referral Management Services. Independent evaluation of our services has shown that it delivers tangible benefits for referring clinicians and for patients, while generating significant savings for the NHS. This is a service that has great transferability across the NHS and we will be working hard to expand the reach of our services."
Wendy Lawrence, CEO of Totally, said:
"This significant contract endorses the quality and expertise of the services offered by About Health and its ability to successfully support the NHS. About Health has continued to strengthen its position as a market leader in its specialist areas and it remains focused on building upon this as it targets new contracts.
"At Totally, we aim to develop and deliver quality services across all our subsidiary companies in line with our vision of becoming a leading provider of out-of-hospital care and the partner of choice for the NHS."
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Notes to Editors
Totally plc aims to become a leading 'out-of-hospital' healthcare service provider in the UK, helping to address some of the biggest challenges faced by the UK healthcare sector.
By working to deliver preventative and responsive care through its subsidiaries across multiple disciplines, Totally's goal is to improve people's health, reduce healthcare reliance, re-admissions and emergency admissions.
Totally, via its subsidiaries, operates within the UK's outsourced healthcare market, estimated to be worth in excess of £20bn per year for the NHS alone. Out-of-Hospital services include care in the community, GP surgeries, patients' homes, prisons and other public sector organisations, places of work as well as mobile locations and urgent care solutions.
The Company is currently engaged in delivering a progressive 'buy and build' consolidation strategy within the UK's fragmented healthcare market and looks to further capitalise on the attractive opportunities that its disruptive, outcome-based, outsourced healthcare service model offers, to ultimately deliver value to shareholders as it continues to build critical mass.
www.totallyplc.com
Premier Physical Healthcare and Optimum Physiotherapy - occupational physiotherapy to NHS, prisons and the police force as well as private clients
Wholly owned subsidiaries of Totally plc, providing a comprehensive range of treatments and advice for musculoskeletal injuries and conditions. The businesses deliver physiotherapy and podiatry to NHS patients, have contracts with various police forces and prison sites and provide occupational health and ergonomic services to corporate and private clients. Totally completed the acquisition of Premier Physical Healthcare Limited on 1 April 2016 and Optimum Sports Performance Centre Limited on 14 November 2016.
www.premierphysicalhealthcare.co.uk
www.optimum-hcs.com
About Health Limited - provider of community based dermatology services and referral management services
A wholly owned subsidiary of Totally plc and a leading provider of dermatology and referral management services to the NHS in the UK. About Health has been providing community based health services under contract to the NHS since 2009 and the company is CQC registered. Totally completed the acquisition of About Health Limited on 15 June 2016.
www.abouthealthgroup.com
Vocare Limited - leading UK urgent care provider
A wholly owned subsidiary of Totally plc, the Vocare Group is one of the leading national specialist providers of urgent care services in the country. Headquartered in Newcastle upon Tyne, it provides innovative healthcare services to approximately 9.2 million patients across the UK through urgent care centres, GP out-of-hours services, integrated urgent care centres and the NHS 111 service - working in close collaboration with the NHS and other healthcare providers in local areas nationwide. Totally completed the acquisition of Vocare Limited on 24 October 2017.
www.vocare.org.uk
Totally Health - clinical health coaching via B2B model to the NHS and the private sector as well as D2C health coaching to individuals and families
A wholly owned subsidiary of Totally plc, provides an innovative model of medically driven, and personalised Clinical Health Coaching to educate patients and give them confidence to self-manage their conditions. The service supports the management of long term conditions in patients such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), diabetes and wider wellness issues such as smoking cessation and obesity management.
www.totallyhealth.com
www.myclinicalcoach.com