News & Updates

Published: 23 November 2020 IMPORTANT UPDATE CORONAVIRUS – REMOTE EXAMINATIONS As part of MedCo’s ongoing review process, Users should note the following update to the guidance issued on 3rd November 2020. With immediate effect all Users should refer to any relevant [...]

Published: 3 November 2020 IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT CORONAVIRUS – REMOTE EXAMINATIONS New National Restrictions On Thursday 5 November new national restrictions are being introduced by the Government see https://www.gov.uk/guidance/new-national-restrictions-from-5-november. The Government guidance states a number of exemptions for the purposes of [...]

MEDCO EXECUTIVE CHAIR UPDATE – NOVEMBER 2020   PERSONAL INJURY REFORMS The Ministry of Justice has confirmed that the implementation date for the reforms remains April 2021. Subject to any unexpected issues arising from the new court rules or [...]

Published: 18 September 2020 System Improvements The planned changes to improve the system are now live.   What changes have we made? In light of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, we have updated the case data requirements to allow experts [...]

Published: 3 September 2020 In March 2020 as part of its Coronavirus update, MedCo confirmed that new MRO registration applications would not be accepted until further notice and the processing of existing applications was suspended. After careful consideration, it has been agreed [...]

Published:13 August 2020 On the 23rd March MedCo introduced a series of temporary measures to help during the Covid-19 pandemic.  These included the lifting of the ban on remote video examinations. Due to the ongoing nature of the Covid-19 pandemic it [...]

Published: 3 July 2020 REMOTE EXAMINATIONS – REVISED GUIDANCE version 5.0 - 3 July 2020 The ban on remote video medical examinations for the purposes of MedCo reports will remain suspended until further notice.  Face to face examinations may [...]

Eshot to users: 1 June 2020 Published: 10 June 2020   MedCo provides Direct Medical Experts (DMEs) and Medical Report Organisations (MROs) with the facility to close cases.  This can be completed by either uploading case data following an examination or [...]

Published: 9 June 2020 CORONAVIRUS UPDATE - MRO performance against SLAs   In light of the current COVID-19 pandemic, MedCo recently announced temporary measures including removing the ban on remote examinations and deferral of face to face examinations. Further [...]

Published: 4 May 2020 Covid-19 and Remote Examinations MedCo has continued to monitor developments during the current pandemic crisis and listened to feedback from Users.  We have also monitored Government and Public Health England advice. At this time, the [...]