Key Facts

Last updated: 25th September 2026

DICT8 is a UK medical typing and transcription service for NHS Trusts, insourcing providers, GP practices and private clinics. Clinicians dictate as usual and specialty-matched UK-based medical secretaries type their letters, typically returning them within hours. Founded in 2003 by NHS doctors, DICT8 has served the NHS since 2004.

Company

  • DICT8 Limited, registered in England, company number 04781165

  • Founded in May 2003, predominantly by NHS doctors, who make up a majority of the board

  • Registered office: 22 Chancery Lane, London WC2A 1LS

  • Trading address: 1A Saint Mary Abbot’s Place, London W8 6LS

  • Telephone: 0800 121 8105

Services

  • Outsourced medical typing and transcription of clinic letters, reports and notes

  • Backlog clearance, and cover for leave, sickness and vacancies

  • Cloud-based digital dictation workflow management

  • Free iPhone and Android dictation app

  • Integration with digital dictation workflow systems and with PAS/EPR systems via the HSCN

Customers

  • More than 80 NHS Trusts, plus insourcing providers, GP practices, independent hospitals and private practices

  • Over 30,000 doctors have used DICT8

Our transcribers

  • Over 6,000 UK-based medical secretaries, all with NHS experience

  • Transcribers have an average of 11 years’ as full-time NHS medical secretaries experience

  • All work is specialty-matched, and all typing is done in the UK

  • Our transcribers’ domain knowledge and experience results in greater accuracy and quality over automated systems.

Turnaround and pricing

  • Average turnaround of just a few hours consistent over the last 20 years

  • Charged per line of typing, with no set-up fees, monthly minimums or standing fees

Security and accreditations

  • ISO 27001 (information security)

  • ISO 9001 (quality management)

  • ISO 14001 (environmental management)

  • Cyber Essentials Plus

  • Data Security and Protection Toolkit

  • DCB0129 clinical risk management

  • Connected to the HSCN

  • Registered with the Information Commissioner’s Office

  • All data processed and stored in the UK, in line with UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018