As one of the most established Primary Care agencies in the UK, Merco offers the complete package of workforce solutions covering a wide range of healthcare specialities within each of its divisions.
Merco is a proud member of the NHS approved Health Trust Europe(HTE) framework holding multiple extensive contracts for the supply of Nurses and GPs throughout the UK.
All of our 20,000 clinicians are subject to a rigorous compliance process and, where required, are cleared to HTE Framework Standards.
We understand the importance of your compliance requirements, our clinician files are audited internally monthly as well as by CCS and HTE as well as independent external auditors on a regular basis. We uphold strict compliance processes in line with the NHS Employer Checks Standards and framework standards.
Our Compliance Process
Once a clinician has been identified as suitable for your setting, our team work quickly and efficiently to ensure their compliance file is 100% complete ahead of their first shift.
We manage the continuous process of compliance documentation throughout the time the clinician is working with you.
To request more information about our compliance processes and how we are able to tailor these specifically to your needs, please get in touch with our compliance manager.
*In periods of extenuating circumstances such as Covid-19 or threat to service closures, we have a small team able to expedite compliance on behalf of a client alongside our Partnership team. See how we have done this for other clients by reading our case studies if this applies to you.
Business Intelligence Team
Our remuneration mapping offers a new service to healthcare partners, showcasing a comprehensive suite of reporting - aimed to help you make the best hiring choices through our engagement with relevant locum staffing groups.
We do this by presenting the changing needs and priorities of the clinicians in your geographical area, removing confusion over market rates and skills shortages, ahead of any compromise to the safety or interruption of services.
This means that you have the ability to significantly impact fill rates of your staffing vacancies by working with Merco on a regional and local level to secure staff through collective planning.
Our expanding network of users also demonstrate key data to facilitate collaborative working across regions within Urgent Care, Acute and Primary Care settings.
The Merco vacancy hub and Pay Index tool are easy to set up and are offered free to our current clients.
You will be able to:
Check market pay rates for your current vacancies and locum shifts
Map clinician shortages for the purpose of management reporting (amongst key clinician demographics) and according to skill set.
View and unlock a rapid response workforce in your locality
Create a dashboard of vacancies alongside our Business Insights team to best support your current and future vacancies / pinch points
Frameworks, Awards & Accreditations
Merco is an NHS Workforce Alliance supplier, and we take our place on the Framework very seriously.
The NHS Workforce Alliance is the portfolio of health workforce services delivered in partnership with NHS Procurement in Partnership (NHS PiP) for the benefit of customers and suppliers.
The NHS Workforce Alliance brings together the expertise of NHS PiP and CCS as the biggest public procurement partnership in the UK. As leaders in the field, we collectively raise the bar to address the staffing challenges and deliver a sustainable workforce model.
NHS Workforce Alliance frameworks are a collaboration between the Crown Commercial Service and NHS Procurement in Partnership.
The Clinical and Healthcare Staffing Framework RM6161 covers the supply of Nursing, Midwifery, Medical, Dentistry, Allied Health Professionals and Health Science Services.
NHS Procurement in Partnership is a collaboration between four NHS procurement organisations; NHS Commercial Solutions, the East of England NHS Collaborative, the NHS London Procurement Partnership and the NHS North of England Commercial Procurement Collaborative.
It now works under the banner of the NHS Workforce Alliance.
Merco are proudly accredited with HealthTrust Europe for the provision of Medical Locums and General Practitioner Workers, Nursing and Care Service Workers, Allied Health Professional and Health Science Service Workers,.
HTE manage the Total Workforce Solutions II framework through which Merco have continued to supply clinicians at the right time for the right cost to our HTE clients with assurance around compliance process and standards at all times.
Merco complies and exceeds the requirements of the Cyber Essentials scheme and is committed to safe and responsible data, IT and telephony use in all of our business operations.