ROI Calculator

Calculate your practice's return.

NHS GP practices receive approximately £164 per patient per year in core funding. Medelic costs around 3% of that, but delivers significantly more in clinician time savings.

Your Practice

8,000

Average NHS practice: 8,000-10,000 patients

£100

GP locum rate: £80-200/hour

First 5,000 patients £5.00/patient
5,001 - 20,000 £4.50/patient
20,001 - 35,000 £4.00/patient
35,001+ £3.50/patient
Your blended rate £5.00/patient

Calculation Assumptions

  • Patients per clinician (NHS avg) 2,000
  • Time saved per clinician per day 150 mins
  • Working days per year 250
  • NHS core funding per patient £164/year

Estimated clinicians: 4

Why 150 mins (Pro) vs 90 mins (Core)?

  • Core (90 mins) — Chat triage only. Saves time on patients who complete online forms.
  • Pro (150 mins) — Adds Voice AI to handle phone calls, plus SMS notifications that reduce no-shows and admin follow-up.

Your ROI

1.25x
Return on Investment
£40,000
Annual Medelic Cost
£50,000
Value of Time Saved
500 hrs
Time Saved Per Year
0.5 FTE
Fewer Clinicians Needed
Net Annual Savings
£10,000

Detailed Breakdown

Monthly cost £3,333
Daily cost £160
Cost per patient per day 1.6p
% of NHS core funding 3.0%
Equivalent locum sessions saved 83 sessions

Potential Funding Sources

Many practices offset costs through existing NHS allocations:

  • • CASP/CAIP — Capacity and Access payments for digital access tools
  • • PCN Development Funding — For shared technology initiatives
  • • ICB Digital Budgets — Transformation and integration funds

Speak to your PCN Clinical Director or ICB about available funding.

Where your investment goes

Medelic saves 120 minutes of clinician time per day by automating history-taking and triage

Traditional 10-min Consultation

History Taking
5 min
Decision
3 min
Docs
2 min

With Medelic (3-min Consultation)

AI Pre-completed
0 min
Review
3 min
AI Pre-completed
0 min
7 mins
Saved Per Consultation
120 mins
Saved Per Day
500 hrs
Saved Per Year
3x
Capacity Increase

NHS Funding Context

A small percentage of funding, a large return.

GP practices receive approximately £164 per patient per year through the Global Sum. Medelic represents around 3% of this core funding, yet delivers substantial efficiency gains.

NHS Core Funding: £164/patient/year Medelic: £5 (3.0%)

At 1.6p per patient per day, Medelic costs less than a single phone call.

Phone System
£10-15k/year
= 3-4 months of Medelic
EMIS/SystmOne
£5-10k/year
= 1.5-3 months of Medelic
Locum Session
£500-800/session
= 1-2 days of Medelic
Staff Sick Day
£150-250/day
= 0.5-1 day of Medelic

Methodology

How we calculate time savings

Our 120-minute per clinician daily savings estimate is based on pilot data from NHS practices:

  • - Average 17 consultations per clinician per day where Medelic pre-collects history
  • - 7 minutes saved per consultation (5 min history + 2 min documentation)
  • - 17 x 7 = 119 minutes, rounded to 120 minutes per clinician
  • - We assume 1 FTE clinician per 2,000 patients (NHS average)
  • - Total savings scale with practice size

Conservative vs optimistic scenarios

This calculator uses conservative estimates:

  • - We only count direct clinician time savings, not admin staff time
  • - We don't include reduced complaints, better patient satisfaction, or staff burnout reduction
  • - Actual ROI may be 1.5-2x higher when accounting for these factors

See it for yourself.

Book a 30-minute briefing to see Medelic in action and discuss how it would work for your practice.