HCL Appoints The Scott Partnership to Maintain its Position as Workforce Solutions Leader in Health and Social Care

    LONDON, ENGLAND, October 05, 2012 /24-7PressRelease/ -- The Scott Partnership, a leading global business-to-business PR and marketing communications agency, has been appointed by HCL plc to support its organic growth and maintain its position as the leading provider of flexible health and social care workforce solutions. The Scott Partnership was selected by HCL based on its track record of delivering effective communications campaigns, and extensive experience in the NHS and wider health and social care landscapes.

HCL, which was formed in 2003 as a staffing agency, today supplies over 2,000 temporary and permanent doctors, nurses, allied health professionals, qualified social workers and administration & clerical staff to public and private sectors every week. As the largest provider of temporary health professionals to the NHS, the company has recently restructured its business to align with the changing needs of the service. Notably, HCL has developed an innovative, real-time management information tool, HCL Clarity, which allows Trusts to know who, where and what the cost of their flexible workforce is at any time. The holistic solution enables Trusts to work efficiently to drive down their staff costs, while continuing to deliver high quality and fully compliant staff.

Headquartered in Cheshire, with offices in USA and China, The Scott Partnership works in life sciences and healthcare for a diverse client portfolio ranging from international brands to niche players, including Synergy Health and Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust. Growth for the Cheshire company has been fuelled by its acquisitions in 2011 of Cambridge-based specialist scientific marketing and PR companies Phoenix Marcom and Kapler Communications. Recent key client successes achieved across the group include two Queens Awards, an R&D 100 Award and a PharmaVOICE 100 Award.

Claire Billenness, Director of Sales & Marketing at HCL, said: "From the outset HCL has aimed to provide industry leading solutions to modern workforce problems. With our recent business restructure, and changes within the NHS, it is crucial for us appoint a communications agency that will support our strategic growth and deliver specialist, effective communications campaigns, The Scott Partnership was an obvious choice."

Kath Darlington, CEO of The Scott Partnership, said: "The Scott Partnership has a strong pedigree in life sciences and its recent two-year investment into healthcare communications is paying off with the expertise it brings to clients like HCL."

Please see www.hclplc.com for further information about HCL. To find out more about The Scott Partnership please visit www.scottpr.com

Notes to Editor
For further press information please contact: Thomas Carlin - The Scott Partnership, 1 Whiteside, Station Road, Holmes Chapel, Cheshire, CW4 8AA, United Kingdom. Tel: + 44 1477 539 539 Fax: +44 1477 539 540. E-mail [email protected].

About HCL plc
HCL plc, headquartered in London, was formed in 2003 and is a leading provider of staffing solutions in the health and social care sectors. HCL supplies over 2,000 temporary and permanent doctors, nurses, allied health professionals, qualified social workers and administration & clerical staff to public and private sectors every week. We are an international company with offices in the UK and Australia and recruitment drives in Europe. For more information please visit our website at www.hclplc.com, view our Facebook page or follow us on Twitter.

About The Scott Partnership
Based near Manchester, UK, The Scott Partnership is a specialist business-to-business PR agency for the healthcare, scientific, technology and pharmaceutical industries, which has grown to become one of the leading communications consultancies in Europe. Founded in 1996, the company's accelerated growth plan has seen it establish offices in Boston and Shanghai in the past three years as well as recent acquisitions of life science agencies Kapler Communications Ltd and Phoenix Marcom Communications Ltd. For more information on The Scott Partnership, please call +44 (0)1477 539 539. Alternatively e-mail [email protected] or visit www.scottpr.com.

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