NHS Ethics
Now you would think that the NHS Ethics process might have been the most difficult of these approvals. But actually there is so much support for this process and information available that this wasn’t...
Tagged: Research Ethics
Integrated Research and Application System (IRAS)
IRAS is the online system which facilitates applications for: Administration of Radioactive Substances Advisory Committee (ARSAC) Confidentiality Advisory Group (CAG) Gene Therapy Advisory Committee (GTAC) Health Research Authority (HRA) for projects seeking HRA Approval...
Do I need governance approvals?
Research governance approvals are the organisational approval that you need to conduct research within an organisation. They are a very practical evaluation of your research to make sure that it can be delivered by...
Do I need ethical approval?
Let’s start with ethics. NHS Ethics sounds obvious right? Wrong. First of all. What is ‘NHS’? The lines between NHS, social care and contracted services are not always clear. I’ll also point out that...
Research Ethics and Research Governance
Although when we started planning the EMULSION study I knew that we would need ethics and governance approvals, I’ll be honest, I didn’t really know what that meant in practice. The navigation of these...