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Amendments

• IRAS Amendment Guidance for all Review Bodies

  Guidance on submitting amendments to review bodies via IRAS.

• NRES Information on adding a new site

  For all with NHS REC approval adding a new study site.

• NRES Notification of Amendments

  Guidance on requirements for notifying NRES of study amendments

Approvals

• Department of Health Guidance: NHS permission for R&D involving NHS patients, 2nd edition

  DH notes explaining what is expected of the NHS when considering permission for research that involves patients on a Primary Care Trust's NHS list, many of the points are also relevant to NHS Trusts.

• ESRC Ethics framework (pdf)

  Framework outlining structure and function for university research ethics committees.

• Gene Therapy Advisory Committee website

  Information on remit and application to GTAC.

• Integrated Research Application System (IRAS)

  Link to the new Integrated Research Application System for research in the Health Service.

• NHS Information Centre: Medical Research Information Service

  The Medical Research Information Service provides health information to support medical researchers.

• NHS R&D Site-Specific Information form

  For use for application to any NHS organisation, links to IRAS application form

• NRES and NHS R&D Forum joint bulletins

  Information on the transfer of SSA for NHS sites.

• NRES: About the IRAS application form

  Information about the application form for all NHS RECs.

• NRES: Applying for ethical review by an NHS REC

  Information on submitting a proposal for review by an NHS REC.

• NRES: Contact list

  Contact details for all NHS research ethics committees

• NRES: Defining research

  Guidance to help define whether a project is research, audit or service evaluation.

• NRES: Link to old NRES application form

  Old on-line application form for all NHS RECs

• NRES: The remit of NRES

  NRES web pages outlining the remit of NHS RECs

• Nuffield Council on Bioethics publication

  The Ethics of Research Related to Healthcare in Developing Countries.

• Privacy Advisory Committee for Scotland

  Web site on PAC remit, application process and Information Statistics Division

• Privacy Advisory Committee for Scotland application form

  Link to PAC application form

• UK Stem Cell Tool Kit

  A regulatory tool for those conducting human stem cell research in the UK.

• UKCRC - Streamlining Information Requirements for Permissions and Approvals

  Overview of National Systems for Streamlining R&D Permissions

Archiving

• Department of Health Guidance: Retention of Records (pdf)

  Guidance for research in the NHS on data archiving.

• UK Biobank website

  Information on UK Biobank.

Audit

• Information Commissioner's Office Guidance on Data Protection Audits (pdf)

  For all organisations holding identifiable personal data.