30 November 2022

Totally plc

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

Appointment of Medical Director

Totally plc (AIM: TLY), a leading provider of frontline healthcare services, corporate fitness and wellbeing services across the UK and Ireland, today announces the appointment of Mr John McMullan as Medical Director of the Group, an Executive Board position, with effect from 1 January 2023.

John is currently Joint Managing Director of Pioneer Health Care, an established provider of specialist NHS secondary care services acquired by Totally in March 2022.  John has been a key member of the Pioneer Health Care leadership team since he was appointed Managing Director in 2014. 

This new role will provide leadership across the Group for our medical and clinical staff as well as providing strategic advice to the Board on future growth opportunities. John will also ensure that Clinical Quality remains a priority across the organisation.

John is a senior NHS consultant and neurosurgeon with a special interest in spinal surgery, paediatric neurosurgery, neuro-oncology and the treatment of neuromuscular disorders. He was previously Head of the Department of Neurosurgery at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, one of the biggest neurosurgery departments in the UK.  He is currently a consultant neurosurgeon at the Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust, and a member of a number of peer review committees in England, including the Paediatric Brain Tumour registry and the Paediatric Head Injury group.

Wendy Lawrence, CEO of Totally plc, said: "Delivering the right care, first time, every time is at the core of what we do. The NHS trusts Totally to deliver services to more than two million patients each year, and this means ensuring that every one of our services is safe and that a culture of excellence underpins everything we do.

"As our organisation grows, so must our focus and the addition of a Medical Director role at Board level reflects the growth we have delivered to date and will ensure that we can continue to maintain quality services as we grow even further."

The following disclosures are made in accordance with the AIM Rules for Companies:

Patrick John De Ville McMullan, aged 58, is or has been a director or partner of the following companies and partnerships in the past five years:

Current directorships/partnerships: 

Pioneer Health Care International Limited

Pioneer Healthcare Global Limited

De Ville & Co Limited

Henderson Whitehall Limited

Directorships and partnerships held within the last five years:

Pioneer Health Care Limited

Elite Healthcare International Limited

PHCGDWC-LLC

Mr McMullan holds 1,618,770 ordinary shares in the Company.

Save for the information set out above, there are no further disclosures to be made in accordance with Rule 17, Schedule 2(g) of the AIM Rules for Companies in respect of the appointment of Mr McMullan.

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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 acute 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.

More information can be found at:

www.totallyplc.com