REACH: non-regulatory announcement

18 July 2022

Totally plc

("Totally", "the Company" or "the Group")

Totally's Urgent Care division step in to support Devon Integrated Care Board

Totally will contribute to the delivery of NHS 111 services within Devon until 30 September 2022

Totally plc (AIM: TLY), a leading provider of frontline healthcare services, corporate fitness and wellbeing services across the UK and Ireland, is stepping in to support Devon Integrated Care Board ("ICB") with the provision of NHS 111 services in Devon until 30 September 2022. The contract, awarded to Vocare Limited ("Vocare"), part of Totally's Urgent Care division and worth up to £850,000, has been rapidly mobilised to provide support during a period of difficulty.

Vocare is an experienced provider of NHS 111 services and answered more than 1.4 million calls in the year ended 31 March 2022 across NHS 111 and Clinical Assessment Services, which support patients calling NHS 111 who need to speak to a clinician. Vocare's experience in providing quality, resilient and responsive services will ensure that patients in Devon can continue to access the appropriate advice and care they need when they need it.

Wendy Lawrence, Chief Executive Officer of Totally, said:

"Totally was established to help address the challenges of increased demand for healthcare services. Our ability to rapidly mobilise this contract to support NHS Devon ICB with the provision of NHS 111 services during this difficult period demonstrates our experience, commitment to patient care and the responsiveness of our services.  I am pleased that we are able to step in and ensure patients in Devon can continue to access essential services. This is what we are here to do."

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Notes to editors

Totally is a leading provider of healthcare and wellbeing services across the UK and Ireland, working in partnership with the NHS, other healthcare providers and corporate customers to help address the challenges of increased demand for healthcare services.  

The Company is committed to pursuing a progressive buy-and-build consolidation strategy within the fragmented healthcare market and looks to capitalise on the attractive opportunities that its disruptive service model offers to generate value to shareholders.

Totally helps healthcare commissioners and hospitals ensure patients can access the most appropriate care quickly and efficiently by delivering quality urgent care services, such as NHS 111 and urgent treatment centres and elective care services, such as community dermatology clinics and first contact practitioner. Totally also delivers additional clinical capacity through insourcing and outsourcing arrangements to trusts and hospitals tackling growing waiting lists. Our corporate customer services also play a role in reducing reliance on healthcare by promoting healthy lifestyles and physical and mental health.

Totally Urgent Care

Totally Urgent Care is made up of Vocare and Greenbrook Healthcare. Both businesses have a strong heritage. Vocare was established in 1996 as Northern Doctors Urgent Care to provide urgent care services in the North of England and continues to deliver urgent treatment centres and GP Out of Hours services across the North of England as well as national support for NHS 111. Greenbrook was established in 2006 and cares for NHS patients across London and the home-counties through the delivery of urgent treatment centres.

Totally Planned Care

Totally Planned Care is made up of About Health and Premier Physical Healthcare. The businesses are focused on giving patients access to the right care quickly, reducing pressure on other NHS services and, ultimately, reducing waiting lists. About Health has been delivering community-based specialist care with a focus on delivering prompt assessment and treatment across the country since 2008. Premier Physical Healthcare, established in 2007, provides high quality physiotherapy and podiatry to NHS patients, often within a community GP practice, and to the prison service.

Pioneer Health Care

Pioneer Health Care was established in 2007 and has grown under the direction of three senior NHS consultants. Pioneer delivers a wide range of adult services to NHS patients, in partnership with independent healthcare sector private hospitals across England, to help the NHS reduce waiting lists whilst maintaining patient care and quality. Pioneer can offer services through insourcing and outsourcing agreements and through its Any Qualified Provider status. Totally Healthcare, Totally's insourcing business, which was launched in 2019 and previously made up Totally's insourcing division, was incorporated into Pioneer in 2022 following its acquisition.

Energy Fitness Professionals ("EFP")

EFP is a corporate fitness provider established in 1990 to address a gap in the market for workplace fitness, which has grown to offer a range of services covering workplace wellbeing. EFP manages 58 gyms on behalf of its corporate customers, with more than 11,500 members.

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www.totallyplc.com