Resource index: All categories

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Reporting

• Human Tissue Authority Adverse Event Reporting

  For projects involving human application

• NRES Guidance on Annual Progress Reports

  Applicable to all with NHS REC approval

• NRES Guidance on Safety Reports

  Safety reports for research other than clinical trials of investigational medicinal products (CTIMPs)

• NRES Report of Serious Adverse Event Form

  Form to report serious adverse events in research other than CTIMPs.

• Research Governance Framework for Health and Social Care 2nd Edition

  Page 40 for adverse event reporting to NPSA.

Research Governance Framework

• NHS R&D Forum Contacts for R&D Offices

  Contact details for obtaining NHS R&D permission for research

• NHS R&D Forum Sponsorship FAQs (doc)

  NHS R&D Forum document providing answers to frequently asked questions on sponsorship.

• NHS R&D Forum Sponsorship Principles (doc)

  NHS R&D Forum document outlining sponsorship principles.

• NHS R&D Forum document on peer review (doc)

  Guidance to outline what requires peer review, who should undertake it and how.

• NHS Research Scotland (NRS)

  NRS streamlines the process of obtaining R&D permission for commercial and non-commercial multicentre studies in Scotland.

• NIHR Coordinated System for gaining NHS Permission (CSP)

  The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) system for standardising and streamlining the process for gaining NHS permission for research in England.

• NIHR guidance on the research passport

  NIHR webpages on the research passport

• Research Governance Framework 2nd Edition, England

  DH published the 2nd edition of the Research Governance Framework for Health and Social Care. These guidelines are mandatory for all research involving NHS patients and resources.

• Research Governance Framework for Health and Community Care for Scotland (pdf)

  Link to Research Governance Framework for Health and Community Care for Scotland. These guidelines are mandatory for all research involving NHS patients and resources.

• Research Governance Framework for Health and Social Care for Wales 2nd edition (2009)

  Link to Research Governance Framework for Health and Social Care for Wales. These guidelines are mandatory for all research involving NHS patients and resources.

• Research Governance Framework for Health and Social Care in Northern Ireland (pdf)

  Link to Research Governance Framework for Health and Social Care for Northern Ireland. These guidelines are mandatory for all research involving NHS patients and resources.

• Streamlined NHS Permissions Approach to Research - Cymru (SPARC)

  SPARC provides a streamlined and consistent approach for obtaining NHS permission for primary care research studies in Wales.

• UKCRC Research Passport guidance

  UKCRC webpages on the Research Passport

Risk Management and Monitoring

• Greater Manchester Research Alliance Management Tools

  MAJIK Monitoring and Audit; and MIRRA Risk Assessment tools (username: gmrarg; password: tools).

• MRC Guidance: Health and Safety A Practical Guide for Research Involving the Public (pdf)

  An MRC publication giving advice about how to reduce the potential risks to research staff and the public.

• MRC Guidance: Risk Management in Public Health Research (pdf)

  MRC guidance tool, outlining potential risks and strategies for managing and monitoring such risks (developed for MRC units, also applicable to others).

  MRC Guidance Risk management in public health research (114KB)

• NHS R&D Forum: Research Governance Monitoring and Auditing (doc)

  NHS R&D Forum document looking at monitoring from an organisational perspective.