Healthcare marketing agency

Dubai London

London’s healthcaremarketing agency,now in Dubai.

Meet Medico

Healthcare marketing for hospitals, clinics and medical groups in Dubai, across the UAE and the wider Gulf.
More than a decade of work with private hospitals and clinics in and around Harley Street, and with Gulf clients since 2019. SEO, paid media, content and websites, in Arabic and English.

  1. 2015Healthcare-specialist
    foundation
  2. 2019First Gulf work.
    Abu Dhabi and Dubai.
  3. TodayOne specialist team.
    Two languages.

A decade in healthcare. Seven years of it in the Gulf.

Accredited and certified

  • Certified B Corporation
  • ISO 27001 certified for information security
  • PIF TICK: Patient Information Forum trusted information creator
  • Top 40 creative healthcare agencies UK, 2022 edition

A decade.
One sector.

Healthcare is what
we built our business around.

Specialist people and shared experience, working for hospitals, clinics and healthcare groups in Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Riyadh and the wider Gulf. Healthcare marketing strategy, media and content in Arabic and English, from a London team that works in healthcare every day.

The Medico Digital team gathered together outdoors
The Medico teamHealthcare specialists, working together.

One connected team

Regional focus.
Specialist depth,
built in.

Dubai

Gulf hours

We work to the UAE week, and conversations happen in Arabic or English, whichever suits you.

London

Wider specialist capability

Healthcare strategy, SEO, paid media, content, design and technology, overlapping with your day for most of it.

Experience
travels.
Playbooks
don’t.

What we bring is a decade of London healthcare marketing.
What we build starts with the Gulf.

A different healthcare market.
A different starting point.

Patient trust, clinical complexity and sensitive decisions shape everything we do. The way people find and access care changes with where they live and the language they search in.

Our Gulf work is built around that, informed by what we’ve learned elsewhere. It starts with the right questions.

01 Language & search

Arabic and English searches behave differently, and plenty of people move between the two. We look at what that means for how someone finds the right care.

02 Trust & communication

What does someone need to understand before they can act? Clear clinical information, written properly in both languages rather than translated word for word, belongs at the heart of the experience.

03 Context & regulation

Where can digital make a useful difference here? Advertising approvals from the health authorities, including the DHA in Dubai, the DoH in Abu Dhabi and MOHAP federally, shape the answer, along with market conditions and commercial priorities.

Already working
in the region.

Healthcare marketing, websites and campaigns for the Gulf since 2019, across the UAE, Saudi Arabia and Qatar, backed by a wider body of London healthcare experience. Different markets, clearly labelled.

UAEPrivate patient unitRoyal Free London01 / 05

Royal Free London
Private Patients

An Arabic site on its own .ae domain, for patients in the Gulf

Scope

Arabic site, 26 specialties,
consultant profiles.

  • Right-to-left build with Arabic consultant profiles
  • Live at royalfreeprivatepatients.ae
  • Working together since 2019
View case study
royalfreeprivatepatients.aeThe Arabic, right-to-left homepage of royalfreeprivatepatients.ae, with a London skyline hero
The live Arabic site we built · captured Sept 2026
Saudi ArabiaHealthcare groupCARE & Planning for Hospitals02 / 05

CARE & Planning
for Hospitals

Website design and build, Riyadh

Scope

Sitemap, UX, design
and WordPress build.

  • More than a dozen service pages, structured from scratch
  • Launched 2023, hosted and supported by us
  • Healthcare project management and managed equipment services
View case study
careandplanning.comMedico's homepage design for CARE & Planning for Hospitals, shown on a laptop
Our homepage design · 2022
Abu DhabiHospital groupVPS Healthcare03 / 05

VPS Healthcare

Social media campaigns across five of the group’s hospital and clinic brands, 2019

Scope

Arabic and English
social campaigns.

View case study
Burjeel · Medeor · LLH · LifecareFour social ads Medico designed for VPS Healthcare brands: an Arabic Burjeel ad and English ads for Medeor, LLH and Lifecare
Social campaign creative we designed · 2019
UAE and QatarPrivate hospitalThe London Clinic04 / 05

The London Clinic

Paid search into the UAE and Qatar for international patients, 2019

Scope

International paid search
for cancer care.

View case study
London · UAE · QatarThe London Clinic logo
Client logo
Wider Medico experienceUK / global healthcareBayer05 / 05

Bayer

Healthcare experience beyond the Gulf

Scope

SEO and compliant content
for consumer health brands.

Bayer / Consumer healthBayer project imagery published by the wider Medico team
From the wider Medico portfolio

Better connections.
At every step.

From the first search to the next decision.
We connect the disciplines that make healthcare easier to find, understand and access.

The journey begins with a question.

01 / 04

Be easier
to find.

Be present when people in Dubai and across the UAE are looking for answers, in Arabic and English, across search engines, paid channels and emerging AI discovery.

  • Healthcare SEO
  • Paid media & PPC
  • Arabic SEO
  • AI / GEO visibility
Start with the person.Next: make the complex clear

Finding information is only the start.

02 / 04

Make the
complex clear.

Help people understand their options with useful content, clear clinical information and digital experiences that read as naturally in Arabic as they do in English.

  • Content strategy
  • Bilingual content
  • Medical communication
  • Information architecture
Build understanding. Earn trust.Next: a better path to care

Turn understanding into a useful next step.

03 / 04

A better
path to care.

Remove unnecessary friction between finding a service and taking the next step: an enquiry, a referral or a booking. Right-to-left interfaces built properly, not mirrored as an afterthought.

  • UX & design
  • Medical website design
  • Arabic / RTL build
  • Conversion
Make the next step easier.Next: learn and improve

A better journey keeps getting better.

04 / 04

Make
investment count.

Connect digital activity to meaningful goals. Understand what is working, learn from it and keep improving the whole experience.

  • Measurement
  • Optimisation
  • Digital strategy
Connect the whole experience.Explore our experience
Explore AI & GEO visibility ↗Find → Understand → Access → ImproveContinue to our work

A conversation is a good place to start.

Tell us what
you’re working on.

We’ve spent more than ten years building websites and running marketing for healthcare providers in the UK. We’re now doing the same in Dubai and the Gulf.
Tell us what you’re working on and we’ll say honestly whether we can help. English or Arabic.

Talk to our team [email protected]

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