Latest News

Friday 14th September 2018
The MERIT Electronic Health Record Viewer has been in use since early 2018, and has just reached a landmark of 500 users.


Friday 6th April 2018
The activity begun by the MERIT Vanguard programme will continue, despite reaching the end of its central funding from the Department of Health.

Wednesday 28th March 2018
The MERIT Electronic Health Record Viewer is now live across all four of the partner Trusts.

Wednesday 31st January 2018
The MERIT partnership is one of 13 Vanguards which appear in the new report ‘No hospital is an island: learning from the acute care collaboration vanguards’, which was published by NHS England this week.

Monday 20th November 2017
The MERIT Bed Finder is approaching its final testing stage and will be launched shortly as part of a phased rollout across the four partner organisations.

Thursday 19th October 2017
NHS staff transferring between the MERIT employers will find it quicker and simpler to make the move, following the launch of the MERIT Training Passport.


Thursday 5th October 2017
Two key MERIT projects are set to be launched in the coming weeks.

Wednesday 12th July 2017
Out-of-area bed placements for mental health patients in the West Midlands could be vastly reduced, thanks to a forthcoming project from the MERIT Vanguard programme.