Facilitating the sourcing of medical  report providers

Medco is the system used to facilitate the sourcing of medical report providers in claims brought under the Ministry of Justice RTA Small Claims Pre-Action Protocol or the Pre-Action Protocol for Low Value Personal Injury Claims in Road Traffic Accidents.

Are you a Professional User?

Medical Experts, Claimant Representatives and Medical Reporting Organisations who wish to produce the first fixed cost medical report in low value soft tissue injury claims/whiplash injuries must register with MedCo and become accredited.

Or are you an Unrepresented Claimant?

In 2021, the Government introduced the Official Injury Claims portal to allow claimants to pursue a claim for low value injuries without the use of a solicitor. Find out how we support the OIC process to allow unrepresented claimants to search for and select a medical report provider.

Latest News & Updates

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    Quality of Medical Reports

    Ensuring the quality of medical reporting is one of MedCo's key aims. MedCo has recently seen an uptick in complaints about errors in medical reports, most of which appear to result from experts failing to check the contents of the [...]

    Published on 26 November 2025

  • Examination Guidelines Updated

    We have today revised the Examination Guidelines to include MedCo's position on the use of remote examinations. Previously, this information was only available in the News and Updates section of our website. To make it easier to access, it is now [...]

    Published on 21 November 2025

  • Monthly Management Information October 2025

    The MedCo Management Information (MI) has today been updated and published. The pack includes the latest search and selection data by unrepresented claimants via the Official Injury Claims (OIC) service and covers the reporting period from November 2024 up to [...]

    Published on 10 November 2025

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