News & Updates

We are pleased to let you know the changes made on Friday 21 April 2023 at 5pm are now live. What changes were made? The majority of changes related to back-office functionality and compliance, however some changes do impact your use of the [...]

Following the recent liquidation of a Tier 2 Medical Reporting Organisation (MRO) medical experts working with MROs should take note of the following. The amount of security is set by the Ministry of Justice and stipulated in the MRO qualifying criteria. [...]

On the 24th January 2023, I wrote to you to let you know of changes to the charging policy with effect from 6 April 2023. The MedCo Board of Directors has decided that the charging policy effective from 6th April [...]

At a recent meeting the board of directors considered MedCo’s financial performance during 2022.  Whilst the accounts for the year ended 31st December have yet to be formally audited our management accounts indicated an annual surplus after payment of administration costs.  [...]

Published 11 July 2022 MedCo has today updated its guidance relating to appropriate examination locations. "MedCo guidance on appropriate examination locations for consultations is; A physical (not virtual) face-to-face appointment must take place with the injured party; MedCo considers [...]

Medical report providers are reminded that in accordance with the the Pre-Action Protocol(s) that where the instructing party provides the defendants  version of events as part of the instructions, the medical expert must comment on the impact this has, [...]

The MedCo Audit Committee (Committee) have agreed a change to the approach to be adopted when auditing against the rules relating to out of normal office hours support for unrepresented claimant work. Prior to the Whiplash Reforms in May 2021, [...]

As users will be aware, the ban on remote examinations was suspended as part of MedCo’s response to Covid-19. In light of the government’s lifting of all remaining restrictions, MedCo has now decided that the suspension will be stopped [...]

One of MedCo’s aims is to ensure the quality of medical legal reports produced by its accredited Medical Experts. To achieve this, MedCo regularly reviews samples of reports that are being produced as well as act on feedback provided by [...]

On 6 January 2022, I wrote to you to let you know of changes to the charging policy with effect from 6 April 2022. The MedCo board of directors has decided that the charging policy effective from 6th April [...]