Case Study: HCA Healthcare UK achieves accelerated, high‑availability Sitecore search deployment with SearchStax Managed Solr

HCA Innovates at Scale with Sitecore and SearchStax Managed Solr

HCA Healthcare UK, the largest provider of privately funded healthcare in the UK, needed to modernize a fragmented web presence of 146 facility sites by rebuilding its CMS on Sitecore and Azure to create a consistent, easy-to-navigate digital “front door.” The existing self-managed Solr deployments across multiple CMS platforms were limiting development and scalability, so HCA engaged SearchStax (recommended by digital agency Equator) to deliver a high-availability, Sitecore-compatible search solution.

SearchStax implemented SearchStax Managed Solr—deploying a production instance with Platinum support and warm disaster recovery plus UAT and Dev environments—integrated into Sitecore on Azure in under two weeks. The rapid rollout avoided a costly re-architecture, shaved at least a month of development time, and delivered a robust, future-proof search foundation that accelerates HCA’s plans for virtual consultations, digital registration and other patient-facing innovations.

HCA Healthcare UK

James Simcock

Head of Digital