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Partnership, not procurement
We help the NHS move care out of hospitals and into communities
Over 80% of our activity is delivered in partnership with the NHS. We are not a provider that does occasional NHS work: the NHS is the core of our business. We bring the diagnostic infrastructure, clinical governance and operational capability that enables community imaging at scale.
Who we work with
Diagnostic capability, built around the partner
NHS trusts & commissioners
Contracts across trusts, ICSs and commissioner organisations. We are an approved provider on the NHS Small Business Services framework with direct call-off, so commissioners can access our services by direct award or mini-competition without full procurement. Delivery available staffed or unstaffed.
Primary care & PCNs
Primary care is where the shift from hospital to community begins. We establish diagnostic pathways at neighbourhood level with PCNs, GP federations and CICs: direct-to-test GP and FCP routes, ARRS-funded delivery, free clinic rooms at selected sites, and revenue-share for private services. Zero partner capital.
Independent sector
Managed diagnostic services for prominent independent providers: equipment, staffing, governance, reporting and IT integration delivered within the host's facility. The host retains the patient relationship; we deliver the diagnostic backbone.
Universities
Partnerships that combine clinical service delivery with teaching, research and innovation: capital investment, a ring-fenced research fund, KTPs, student placements, and subsidised access for students and staff.
The 10 Year Health Plan
The neighbourhood health opportunity
The NHS 10 Year Health Plan establishes the Neighbourhood Health Service as the foundation for transforming care. The three strategic shifts are clear: hospital to community, analogue to digital, sickness to prevention. This is not just policy. It is what we have been building towards since 2010.
The National Neighbourhood Health Implementation Programme is now supporting 43 sites across England. Stockport, where we already operate, is among them. Medical Imaging Partnership is positioned to support any site in the programme with diagnostic infrastructure, clinical governance and operational delivery, without capital investment from partners.
What each side brings
Partners provide
Clinical leadership and patient ownership, referral pathways and demand management, population health knowledge and local relationships, ARRS workforce and FCP integration, clinical space or co-location.
Medical Imaging Partnership provides
Imaging equipment, IT and PACS, CQC-registered clinical governance, a specialist radiologist reporting network, radiographers and radiographer assistants where required, mobile and modular fleet deployment, and referral-centre patient coordination.
Our diagnostic fleet
If the building does not exist, we bring the scanner
From short-term hire for waiting-list recovery to long-term managed contracts and turnkey CDC delivery, our fleet brings hospital-grade diagnostics directly to the communities that need them. Deployable anywhere in England.
Mobile MRI
Full MRI deployed to partner sites. MSK, neuro, prostate, cardiac and spinal. Staffed or unstaffed.
Mobile CT
CT for TLHC, cardiac CT, cancer investigations and complex diagnostics. Staffed or unstaffed.
Modular builds
Purpose-built centres within six months of award. CQC-compliant from day one, scalable as demand grows.
Relocatable units
Semi-permanent installations that bridge mobile and modular, repositioned as demand shifts.
| Option | Use case | Staffing |
|---|---|---|
| Ad-hoc hire | Waiting-list recovery, scanner downtime, surge capacity | Staffed or unstaffed |
| Long-term managed | Sustained additional capacity, new pathway delivery | Fully staffed, under our clinical governance |
| Turnkey CDC | Complete CDC: equipment, staffing, governance, reporting | Full managed service |
| Equipment only | Trust provides staff, we provide scanner and IT | Unstaffed |
| Framework call-off | Direct award via NHS SBS framework | Per call-off terms |
Value-based healthcare
We do not measure success by the number of scans we perform
A scan has no intrinsic value. Its value is what it enables: a correct diagnosis, a decision avoided, a condition caught early, a hospital admission prevented. We orient our whole operation around outcomes, not activity.
The right scan, in the right place
Our referral centre triages every request to the appropriate modality. Getting the first scan right eliminates repeat imaging and reduces cost for commissioners.
Economically superior
A community scan reported by a subspecialist and returned within days generates more value than the same scan through a hospital outpatient pathway, at a community tariff rather than acute.
PROMs & PREMs
We measure quality from the perspective that counts: the patient's. Reviewed at site, pathway and board level, and used to prove community pathways match or beat hospital alternatives.
| Metric | Target | Why it matters |
|---|---|---|
| Referral-to-scan interval | Within 7 days | Faster diagnosis, reduced patient anxiety |
| Scan-to-report turnaround | 1–5 working days | Enables timely clinical decisions |
| Actionable reporting | 100% | Every report carries a clear recommendation |
| DNA rate | Below 3% | Maximises utilisation, reduces waste |
| Scanner utilisation | 97% | Operational efficiency |
| Patient satisfaction (FFT) | Above 95% | Experience drives outcomes |
Research & innovation
Research is a strategic priority, not a secondary activity
The shift from hospital to community diagnostics must be built on evidence, not assumption. We invest directly in research to prove that community-delivered pathways are as safe, as accurate and as effective as hospital-based alternatives, and better for patients, the system and health outcomes at population level.
We pursue funding through NIHR, NHS England innovation programmes, ICS-level evaluation, Knowledge Transfer Partnerships with matched funding, and academic research councils, and we publish our work.
Pathway effectiveness
Community versus hospital pathways for speed, accuracy and experience across MSK, prostate, memory, women's health and cardiac.
Population health
Using diagnostic data to understand disease prevalence and unmet need, supporting ICS planning and commissioning.
AI & technology
Piloting AI-assisted reporting, optimising digital referral pathways, and evaluating clinician-portal impact on decision-making.
Quality & governance
Independently assured, not self-declared
Everything we deliver sits inside a governance framework that is inspected, accredited and certified by bodies outside this organisation, with a Medical Director and radiology leadership owning clinical policy and clinical governance reporting to board level.
Subspecialist reporting with discrepancy meetings and double reading, duty of candour, and PROMs and PREMs reviewed at site, pathway and board level.
Let's build diagnostic capability in your community
PCN, GP federation, ICS, NHS trust, university or independent provider? We can provide a tailored proposal for a diagnostic partnership, fleet hire or managed service.
Case study
Ten years ahead of the left shift
Integrated MSK, Central and East Sussex
We have delivered the diagnostics for integrated musculoskeletal services across Central and East Sussex since 2014: community-based, with shared decision making that reduces unnecessary interventions. The model the NHS is moving towards is one we have been running for over a decade.
Read the case study →