TAC Healthcare Wins Outstanding Occupational Health Team Award for Offshore Medics

TAC Healthcare’s Offshore Medics operate in some of the world’s most remote and high-risk workplaces, delivering occupational healthcare focused on fitness to work, primary care, and trauma management until SAR support arrives. With more than 160 medics covering over 60 UKCS assets, the team combines robust predeployment training, 24/7 access to topside doctors, data-driven governance, exposure management, and legal compliance under stringent Safety Case requirements, ensuring crews remain safe, healthy, and operational.

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Between October 2024 and October 2025, the team managed 22,480 sickbay encounters and 7,979 topside consultations. Over 93% of all cases were resolved offshore without evacuation; only 0.36% required emergency evacuation and 0.4% triggered a SAR response, a fraction of national maritime activity. The Maritime and Coastguard Agency recorded 39,129 incidents and 25,047 people rescued or assisted across the UK (2023-24), underscoring TAC Healthcare’s role in reducing demand on national SAR resources through early intervention and effective on-site care.

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Innovation underpins everything they do. Every medic uses iOH, TAC’s Integrated OH portal, enabling real-time documentation and seamless collaboration between offshore medics, topside doctors, and onshore specialists. Health awareness is supported through TAC guidance and wellbeing materials, while clients benefit from access to InBody technology and multidisciplinary care. Mental health support is strengthened by MHFA-trained medics, two TRiM practitioners able to mobilise offshore, and onshore psychological services. 

TAC is preparing for new OEUK weight and fitness guidance from February 2026 with a clinically led programme to support offshore workers, reflecting a commitment to readiness and workforce wellbeing.