HTGroup, the main medical transport group in Spain, has been awarded a new contract for scheduled patient transport services in Norfolk and Waveney, east of England, for a total of 56 million pounds (in return, more than 65 million euros) for a period of five years, which coupled with the contract obtained in 2024, confirms it as one of the main companies in this sector in the country.

The recent awards, which will be launched on October 1, will be meaningful performs approximately 176,000 patient transport services per year between outpatient, renal, high dependency or mental health. Derek Laird, CEO of HTGroup in the UK, has expressed his satisfaction with the award and highlighted how 2024 “is a real example of the incredible progress we have achieved as an organization with the previous Dorset contract award in April, as well as Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly, which will start in July.

With the launch of the awards in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly (from July) and Waveney (in October), UK company HTGROUP’s workforce will increase to more than 700 employees nationally, making it one of the UK’s largest recruiters in the healthcare transport sector. “We have begun working with management and working groups in Norfolk and Waveney and are confident we can achieve significant improvements for patients and the local health system,” he added.

Mark Burgis, executive director of Patients and Communities at NHS Norfolk and Waveney Integrated Care Board (ICB), said: “Scheduled patient transport offers comprehensive support to local residents, especially those who have special needs to get to their hospital appointments. We really are delighted to be working with HTGroup to plan the launch of this service next October. They currently carry out over 45,000 services every month, transporting patients to and from hundreds of treatment centers across the UK including Essex, Dorset, Leicestershire.

Guillermo Moya, CEO of HTGROUP, once again highlighted the confidence that the governments, both Spanish and British, continue to show to the various companies that make up HTGROUP and make it the first medical transport operator in Spain and the second in Europe. .