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Specialty ranking · tested October 2026

Best operating department practice agencies

29 agencies that work in operating department practice in the UK, ranked on the same tests. Shown as tiers; the Specialist mark shows which go deepest in allied health work.

Allied health · Operating department practice · UK · 29

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Every ranking covers the whole UK: England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Each agency's page shows the nations it works in.

Allied health by specialty

Top 10 operating department practice agencies

of 29 · unnumbered

  1. ID Medical Group

    27 yrs trading6 confirmed frameworksMilton Keynes

    Specialist

  3. MedicsPro

    24 yrs trading3 confirmed frameworksRomford

    Specialist

  5. Permanent Hire

    6 yrs trading3 confirmed frameworksLondon

    Specialist

All other agencies, A–Z

19 agencies
  1. Firstpoint Healthcare
  2. Lak Locums
  3. Globe Locums
  4. Keystone Healthcare
  5. Stonor Medical
  6. Focusmed24
  7. Healthcare Professionals
  8. Locum Vision
  9. Mid-view Healthcare
  10. Vulcan Healthcare
  11. Cinox Healthcare
  12. Go Ye Healthcare
  13. KC Healthcare Group
  14. Express Nursing
  15. Interskills Group
  16. Key Healthcare Staffing
  17. LinkNurse International
  18. Appmedical
  19. 247 Lifeline

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The Top 10 operating department practice agencies in the UK for October 2026 include ID Medical Group, Tripod Partners, MedicsPro, Sanctuary Personnel and Permanent Hire. We assessed all 29 with one method, from official registers, public sector framework supplier lists, company filings and each agency's own website. Rankings are free and no agency can pay to rank. How we rank · Overall ranking.

  • 83% are on at least one public sector staffing framework
  • Half have traded for at least 11 years
  • 14 (48%) have open jobs on our site, and 11 of those show pay on most of them

About these operating department practice agencies in the UK

29 of the 135 allied health agencies we rank (21%) recruit for operating department practice.

24 of these agencies (83%) are on at least one public sector staffing framework, about the same as the 85% across all allied health agencies. The most common are HealthTrust Europe TWS3 (21) and Crown Commercial Service RM6281 (20).

The median agency here has traded for 11.1 years, and 1 has traded for under three. 14 (48%) have open jobs on our site, and 11 of those show pay on most of them.

The settings they most often supply are NHS hospitals, private hospitals and care homes. 16 (55%) recruit for permanent roles as well as temporary or locum cover. Many also recruit for radiography and sonography, occupational therapy and physiotherapy.

Further down the list, the longest-established is Evergood Associates, trading for 23 years. Sanctuary Personnel has the most open jobs on our site (1,853). The newest is Interskills Group, trading for under a year.

At the top:

  1. ID Medical Group: on 6 confirmed frameworks, trading 27 years.
  2. Tripod Partners: on 4 confirmed frameworks, trading 14 years.
  3. MedicsPro: on 3 confirmed frameworks, trading 24 years.
  4. Sanctuary Personnel: on 3 confirmed frameworks, trading 20 years.
  5. Permanent Hire: on 3 confirmed frameworks, trading 6 years.
  6. Secure Healthcare: on 2 confirmed frameworks, trading 11 years.
  7. Archer Resourcing: on 1 confirmed framework, trading 8 years.
  8. Novello Healthcare: on 2 confirmed frameworks, trading 4 years.
  9. Evergood Associates: on 2 confirmed frameworks, trading 23 years.
  10. Atlantis Medical: on 1 confirmed framework, trading 23 years.

Figures are from our latest checks of each agency's website, Companies House and public sector framework lists. How we rank.

Questions

How are these operating department practice agencies ranked?

Every agency is assessed with the same method, at the same time, from evidence we can check: official registers, public sector framework supplier lists, company filings and what each agency publishes about itself. Rather than a position for every agency, we show tiers (Top 10, 25 and 50), because small differences in the middle of a ranking aren't meaningful. No agency can pay to be listed, to rank higher or to change a result.

What makes a good operating department practice agency?

Look for one that is on a public sector staffing framework, has a trading record, shows pay on its adverts and is clear about training, the checks you'll need before you start and when you'll be paid. Each agency's page here shows its frameworks, how long it has traded and its live jobs. Then talk to people who work through it.

What is a public sector staffing framework?

An approved supplier list that public sector buyers, such as NHS trusts, health boards and councils, use to book agency staff. To get on one, an agency has to meet the framework's standards on vetting, compliance and rates. Frameworks cover public sector bookings; an agency that supplies care homes, GP practices or private hospitals doesn't need one for that work. Each agency's page lists the frameworks it is on.