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4 December 2017
Totally plc
("Totally", "the Company" or the "Group")
Board appointment - Clinical Quality Director
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 Gloria Cooke has been appointed to the Board with immediate effect as Clinical Quality Director. Gloria is currently a key member of the senior management team of the Company having joined the Company in April 2016 as interim head of Group Clinical Governance before becoming Director of Clinical Governance & Quality in a non-board capacity in July 2016.
Under the role of Clinical Quality Director, an executive board position, Gloria will be responsible for overseeing the implementation and establishment of systems and processes across the Group, ensuring it meets all the required standards for quality and safety. Gloria also leads on all aspects of work relating to clinical regulation and clinical governance.
Gloria has had a forty-year career within the NHS, initially in both adult and children's nursing, practising for ten years in A&E but ultimately as head of nursing for a large integrated service. Her NHS management career has covered a wide range of services rising to Group Operations Director for one of the largest acute trusts in the UK managing three district general hospitals. In five years of independent practice Gloria has fulfilled roles as Interim Deputy COO, Director of Transformation and as professional consultant undertaking service reviews. Gloria currently also acts as a non-executive director of companies operating within the retail sector.
Commenting on the appointment Wendy Lawrence, CEO of Totally, said:
"We are delighted to welcome Gloria to the Board. Her extensive and considerable experience in senior healthcare positions, both in the NHS and private practice, have proven to be a valuable asset to the Company as we continue to grow. Gloria's experience of working at very senior levels within the NHS, along with the knowledge she has already gained by working as part of the Totally team to date, means she provides invaluable skills to the Board as we add additional services to our already extensive portfolio."
AIM Rules disclosures
Gloria Ann Cooke (neé Urquhart), aged 64, currently holds 15,652 share options in Totally that were awarded on 12 December 2016 under the Company's existing Save as You Earn share scheme ("SAYE"). The share options have an exercise price of 46 pence per share and are exercisable between 1 January 2020 and 1 July 2020.
Gloria is, or has during the last five years been, a director or partner of the following companies and partnerships:
Current directorships/partnerships | Past directorships/partnerships |
Clement Dobeler Limited Conker Cloud Innovations Limited Logobrand Field Marketing Ltd Maxima Care Limited Northern Doctors Offender Health Limited Northern Doctors Urgent Care Limited Primary Care North East Community Interest Company Staffordshire Doctors Urgent Care Limited Teesside Primary Care Community Interest Company Teesside Urgent Care Community Interest Company Tyneside Primary Care Community Interest Company Vocare Limited
| None |
ENDS
For further information please contact:
Totally plc | 020 3866 3335 |
Wendy Lawrence, Chief Executive Bob Holt, Chairman
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Allenby Capital Limited (Nominated Adviser & Joint Broker) | 020 3328 5656 |
Nick Athanas Virginia Bull James Thomas
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Cenkos Securities plc (Joint Broker) | 020 7397 8900 |
Alex Aylen - Sales Bobbie Hilliam - Corporate Finance
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Yellow Jersey PR | 07825 916 715 |
Georgia Colkin Joe Burgess |
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 raised £18 million in February 2017 to 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 in 2017 and beyond. On 6 October 2017, the Company announced its proposed acquisition of Vocare Limited, a UK urgent care specialist providing services to 9.2 million patients per year, for up to £11.0 million.
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