Efficiency
- By outsourcing to Accuro, Trusts can demonstrate a significant reduction in the turnaround time of dictation tasks from several weeks to just a few hours.
- Reduction in turnaround time will enable the doctor to actually remember the consultation when signing the letter.
- Outsourcing increases administrative efficiency within departments and aides the attainment of star ratings.
- Accuro’s team of UK based medical transcription staff can support your own in-house team to work through any backlogs of clinic letters that you may experience. Guaranteed turnaround times can help you get back up to date quickly.
- Outsourcing to Accuro allows secretarial resources to be diverted to more of an organisational/PA role.
- Less time is spent by secretaries in dealing with General Practitioners and patients who are waiting for letters.
- The Accuro web based system requires no additoinal software on your PC and is free and easy to use.
- Little change in working practices for staff means no retraining required.
Cost Savings
- Accuro bills by the minute of dictation, ensuring you only pay for exactly what you need, not a penny more.
- A significant reduction in the cost of dictation will be achievable.
- Fixed administrative overheads become variable costs.
- Reduce temporary staff costs.
- There are little to no start-up costs.
Quality
- Accuro’s team of transcribers are all experienced medical secretaries who have worked within the NHS. Accuro guarantee that 100% of your work is typed within the UK as dictations are never sent overseas.
- All transcriptions are speciality matched ensuring the highest standards of spelling and accuracy.
Peace of Mind
- Due to Accuro’s extensive team of staff there is no need to find secretarial cover for sickness, holidays or maternity leave.
- Established system already in use by other Trusts.
- A secure system that complies with the Data Protection Act.
Having developed an excellent relationship with Accuro, I approached them to help resolve a workload problem in a specialty secretarial office. I found the quality of the work we received back to be of an excellent standard and was returned within a tight timescale. I look forward to working with Accuro again!

Cardiology Department, NHS
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