Network Healthcare

What Network Healthcare does

Network Healthcare (trading as Network HSC) is a UK-based health and social care recruitment and care services provider, established in 2001 as Pertemps Healthcare and operating as a subsidiary of Pertemps Network Group plc. The company runs a four-stream business: temporary and locum healthcare staffing, permanent placement, CQC-regulated domiciliary care (personal care, live-in care, complex care and immediate care), and a franchise programme that licences partner operators to run recruitment and homecare branches under the Network Healthcare brand. Operational infrastructure is branch-centric — over 25 UK offices supported by an e-Payslips payroll system, scheduling software, and a searchable online job board — with no proprietary AI or platform technology disclosed. Specialist sub-brands (Network Open for dental/optical/audiology, Network Care at Home, Network Learning Pathways, Topcare Executive Search, Child Contact Centre, and Crisis Intervention Support Service) extend the core offering into adjacent verticals and care settings. Revenue mechanics combine margin on agency bill rates, permanent placement fees, commissioned care packages from local authorities and self-funders, and a £30,000 franchise entry fee plus 6.5% ongoing management charge on audited franchise turnover. Customer concentration is heavily weighted to UK local authorities, with multiple named councils across England, Scotland and Wales as commissioning clients.

Name

Network Healthcare

Legal name

Pertemps Limited

Website

https://networkhsc.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

2001

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Healthcare Staffing and Home Care Services

NAICS

Home Health Care Services (621610), Ambulatory Health Care Services (621)

SIC

Services-Home Health Care Services (8082), Services-Health Services (8000)

akta.pro primary industry

Skilled Home Health (Medicare-Certified) Agencies (HLAFAEAA)

Keywords

• Healthcare staffing services
• Social care recruitment
• Domiciliary home care
• Live-in care services
• Homecare franchising

Headquarters

HQ city

Birmingham

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices15 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Healthcare Staffing - Temporary/Contract: Placement of temporary, locum, and contract health and social care staff (nurses, care assistants, support workers, social workers) to care homes, local authorities, NHS organisations, and private clients. Revenue is generated as a margin on the hourly/daily rates charged to client organisations for agency staff.
2. Permanent Recruitment: Placement of candidates into permanent roles within healthcare and social care organisations. The company maintains an extensive candidate database and uses search and selection to fill vacancies from entry-level to senior positions including registered managers, nurses, and social workers.
3. Domiciliary Care Services: Direct provision of care-at-home services including personal care, live-in care, complex care, and immediate care to individuals and families. Services are commissioned by local authorities and self-funding private clients. Part of a CQC-registered domiciliary agency.
4. Franchise Fees: Revenue from franchise partners who pay a licence fee to operate under the Network Healthcare brand. Stage One (Recruitment Model) costs £15,000 and Stage Two (Homecare Provision Model) costs £15,000, with a 6.5% ongoing management charge based on audited turnover.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Network Healthcare recruits and places temporary, locum, and permanent health and social care professionals (nurses, social workers, care assistants, support workers, optical/dental/audiology staff) for local authorities, NHS trusts, care homes, and private families across the UK. In parallel, the company directly provides CQC-regulated domiciliary care services including personal care, live-in care, complex care, and immediate/emergency home care. It also sells a two-stage homecare franchise model combining recruitment and regulated care provision under its brand.

Product overview

Network Healthcare is a healthcare and social care recruitment agency and care services provider operating as part of the Pertemps Network Group. The company offers a portfolio of services including healthcare staffing recruitment (temporary, locum, and permanent placements), care at home services (personal care, live-in care, complex care, immediate care), crisis intervention for children and young people, child contact centre services, and learning pathways for young people. The organization also operates a franchise model for entrepreneurs wanting to enter the homecare sector and provides training programmes through Aurelia Training. The company is registered with the CQC as a nurse and domiciliary agency.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Healthcare Recruitment Services
• Care at Home (Domiciliary Care)
• Crisis Intervention Support Service
• Child Contact Centre
• Learning Pathways
• Network Open (Dental, Optical and Audiology Recruitment)
• Home Care Franchising
• Care & Wellbeing Centre

Quantifiable outcome

• Financial projections for franchisees: £1 million turnover by end of Year 3
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers9 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered flagship / core, core and minor.

• Pertemps Network Group plcflagship / coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNetwork Healthcare is part of the Pertemps Network Group plc, established in 2001 as Pertemps Healthcare before rebranding. The parent company provides 50 years of recruitment industry experience, national contracts, financial backing, back-office infrastructure including IT, marketing, payroll, and credit control. Network Healthcare operates under the Pertemps umbrella while maintaining its own specialist healthcare brand.
• Aurelia TrainingcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNetwork Healthcare launched a training programme in partnership with Aurelia Training to provide high quality, tailored Health and Social Care qualifications to existing employees. They deliver Level 2 and Level 3 Health and Social Care Diplomas as well as Level 3 Diploma in Management to employees nationwide, with monthly group sessions and learner support.
• Topcare Executive SearchminorGTM or Marketing PartnerTopcare Executive Search sponsors the 'Chasing Care' podcast and specialises in proactive headhunting of Registered Managers for homecare providers, residential care and nursing homes. They represent a complementary recruitment channel focused on executive-level placements that extends Network Healthcare's reach.
• Network OpencoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNetwork Open is a specialist division of Network Healthcare providing recruitment solutions to the Dental, Optical and Audiology sectors. It operates as a distinct brand with its own website (networkopen.co.uk) and candidate/vacancy pools, targeting optical practices, dental practices, and audiology providers.
• NACCC (National Association of Child Contact Centres)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNetwork Healthcare's Child Contact Centre holds enhanced NACCC accreditation and adheres to the National Association of Child Contact Centres quality framework. NACCC sets standards for child contact services across the UK and provides accreditation that verifies quality and compliance.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Pertemps Network Group: Parent company of Network Healthcare and one of the UK's largest independent recruitment firms, operating across multiple sectors — broader incumbent providing shared infrastructure and competitive context.
• Reed Specialist Recruitment: Major UK-wide generalist recruitment agency with a dedicated healthcare and social care division — broader incumbent competing for the same local-authority and NHS staffing contracts.
• Search Consultancy: UK-wide multi-sector recruitment firm with dedicated health and social care teams — broader incumbent providing similar temporary and permanent staffing services to NHS and local authority clients.
• Hays plc: Global recruitment firm with a substantial UK healthcare staffing practice — broader incumbent overlapping in temporary and permanent health and social care placements.

Direct peers

• HFH Healthcare: UK specialist provider of complex care at home for children and adults with high-acuity needs — comparable to Network Healthcare's Complex Care specialist office service line.
• Newcross Healthcare Solutions: UK-based healthcare staffing agency and home care provider offering temporary nursing, care assistant placements, and complex care-at-home services — directly comparable dual recruitment-and-provision model to Network Healthcare.
• Prestige Nursing + Care: UK nursing and social care staffing agency with a regulated home care division, serving private clients and local authorities — closely aligned to Network Healthcare's staffing + domiciliary care offering.
• Voyage Care: UK provider of supported living, residential, and domiciliary care for people with learning disabilities and complex needs — overlaps with Network Healthcare's learning disabilities and community support segments.
• Helping Hands Home Care: One of the UK's largest dedicated home care providers, offering live-in, visiting, and complex care to private and council-funded clients — directly comparable to Network Healthcare's care-at-home division.

Emerging players

• Home Instead UK: UK franchise-based home care provider offering personalised care to elderly clients — a leading franchised home care model that overlaps with Network Healthcare's homecare franchise offering and target market.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/in/paul-hanke-b942631b
• Xx.com/networkqsw
• Facebookfacebook.com/networkhealthcare

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Subsidiaries6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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