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Published: 19 November 2019 Following a number of enquiries regarding the provision of treatment in Road Traffic Accident (RTA) soft tissue injury claims, MedCo are clarifying the rules in relation to this below: Where a first fixed recoverable cost [...]
Published on 19 November 2019
Published: 1 October 2019 MedCo has today issued medical experts and Medical Reporting Organisations (MROs) with guidelines relating to the volume and duration of medical examinations. The guidelines have been created based on feedback, case data analysis and a [...]
Published on 1 October 2019
Future Provision of Medical Reports in Road Traffic Accident (RTA) related Claims Consultation Published: 5 September 2019 The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has today published the Government response to its consultation on the provision of medical reports. This will [...]
Published on 5 September 2019
Published: 6 August 2019 Accounts/Budget The Board has recently approved the audited accounts for year ended December 2018. These showed a loss of £99,854 and retained earnings at the end of the year of £5,078,588. So far this financial year [...]
Published on 6 August 2019
The Future Provision of Medical Reports in Road Traffic Accident related Personal Injury Claims Published: 20 May 2019 On the 18 April The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) published its consultation entitled ‘Future Provision of Medical Reports in Road Traffic [...]
Published on 20 May 2019
Future Provision of Medical Reports in Road Traffic Accident related Personal Injury Claims Published: 18 April 2019 The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has published a consultation entitled ‘Future Provision of Medical Reports in Road Traffic Accident related Personal Injury Claims’ [...]
Published on 18 April 2019
Published: 25 January 2019 MedCo has today published an updated MRO Qualifying Criteria Guidance FAQ document which contains a minor amendment to questions 2 (b)(ii) regarding appropriate venues.
Published on 25 January 2019
Published: 11 January 2021 The Government has today announced that the personal injury reforms which were due to be implemented in April this year will now be implemented in May 2021. Read the full Written Statement
Published on 11 January 2019
Published: 14 December 2018 MedCo have today written to notify MROs that MedCo has today published an updated MRO Qualifying Criteria Audit Guide (‘Audit Guide’). During 2018, complaints made to MedCo and findings from a minority of MRO audits [...]
Published on 14 December 2018
Requirement for MedCo Reports Published: 26 October 2018 MedCo has today written to its authorised users as it has come to attention that some users believe that MedCo reports are not required if a soft tissue claim falls out [...]
Published on 26 October 2018