MERCS

Medical Economics and Research Centre, Sheffield. Registered as a Company limited by Guarantee. Registered No. 3522319 (England). Registered Charity No. 1071106.

REGISTERED OFFICE

Intensive Care Unit
‘R’ Floor
Royal Hallamshire Hospital
Glossop Road
Sheffield
S10 2JF
United Kingdom

THE PURPOSE OF MERCS

MERCS is a registered charity undertaking research activities related to critical care.  The objectives of the charity are the advancement of education and preservation of the good health of the public by researching and developing the effectiveness of critical care resources within the health care community world-wide and communicating the useful results of such research to interested parties (“the objects”).

FIELD OF EXPERTISE

MERCS undertake research predominantly in the field of Critical Care, having expertise in the development of costing methodologies.

BOARD OF MANAGEMENT

Chairman  ..............................  David Ross, Financial Accountant
Vice-Chairman  ......................  Peter Clarkson, Solicitor
Director  .................................  Graham Davies, Anaesthetist
Director  .................................  Mike Hurst, Chairman of Swann-Morton Ltd
Company Secretary  ..............  Caroline Eades

MANAGEMENT STRUCTURE

Dr David L Edbrooke  .............  Managing Director
Caroline Eades  ......................  Accounts/Project Administrator
Anouska Kettle  ......................  Research Associate
Daniela Negrini  .....................  Research Associate
Garry Mills  ..............................  Consultant in Intensive Care
Sandy Smith  ...........................  Research Nurse
Nick Faulks  .............................  Cost Block Programme Co-ordinator

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

Jan 1990            Members of the Intensive Care Society (ICS)
Jan 1998            Members of the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine (ESICM)
Jan 1998            Members of the Health Economists Study Group (HESG)
Nov 2000           Honorary life members of the South West Intensive Care Society (SODIT)

CO-ORDINATION OF WORKING GROUPS

1994 onwards       Critical Care National Working Group on Costing

1997 onwards       European Society of Intensive Care Medicine (ESICM) Working Group on
                             Cost-Effectiveness in Intensive Care Medicine

2001 onwards       North Trent Critical Care Network Working Group on Audit

                             MERCS are presently working under the auspices of the European
                             Intensive Care Society in the validation of a standardised costing 
                             methodology developed by the Intensive Care National Working Group
                             on Intensive Care Costs (UK) to cost ICUs in Hungary and Portugal.

PARTICIPATION IN EXPERT PANELS

Contact us: The office is staffed between 9am and 5pm, Monday to Friday
Email:         mercs3510@aol.com  or  info@mercs.org.uk
Telephone:  +44 (0) 114 271 3510  or  +44 (0) 114 271 1810
Fax:             +44 (0) 114 271 1979                                      
Registered Charity No. 1071106 (Registered No. 3522319)