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IRAS amendment tool updated to new version
From Monday 6 December 2021, the amendment tool will indicate that substantial changes to the Investigator Brochure (IB) do not need to be submitted to a NHS Research Ethics Committee (REC) for review, aligning with existing guidance The new version of the amendment tool will prompt the applicant to consider if any of the changes made to the IB need to be reflected in the participant facing documents. It will ask for justification where amended participant facing documents are n...
New Members Wanted for NHS Research Ethics Committees (RECs)
The NHS Research Ethics Committees (RECs) are currently looking to recruit new volunteer members to join the RECs and contribute to their work Interested in ethical debate? Interested in health care research? Would you enjoy promoting good ethical research by joining a REC? If you are passionate about healthcare research, have the ability to analyse complex issues, take an objective stance a...
Chief Scientist Office launches new postdoctoral scheme to support Early Career Health Researchers
The Chief Scientist Office (CSO) has launched a new Fellowship scheme to provide 3 years of funding to researchers that have just completed a PhD and are looking to take the next step in developing a research career The scheme is looking for applications from both clinical and non clinical researchers who propose a project within CSO’s overall remit of early translational (experimental medicine), clinical and applied health research and social care. The application deadl...
New guidance published on set up of interventional research activity at NHS/HSC organisations
The Health Research Authority (HRA), alongside the devolved administrations, have published new guidance to support the set up of interventional research projects research activity at NHS/HSC organisations This UK-wide guidance is a collaborative production between NHS Research Scotland (NRS), the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), the Health Res...
Glasgow Clinical Research Facility wins Student Placement of the Year award
The Glasgow Clinical Research Facility (GCRF) has been credited for its exceptional student placement programme, winning the “Student Placement of the Year: Hospital” category at the Student Nursing Times Awards 2021 The award seeks to recognise those hospital wards and environments that manage the anxieties associated with going on placement, by providing a structured learning environment that helps the student to flourish. This includes clearly setting out what students...
Make it Public – new partnership will automatically register all UK clinical trials
Clinical trials will be automatically registered to guarantee a full picture of research taking place in the UK, thanks to a world-first partnership launched today The Health Research Authority (HRA) has partnered with ISRCTN, a World Health Organisation (WHO) recognised registry, to make it easy for researchers to fulfil their transparency responsibilities. Trial registration is the first step to ensuring research transparency, and from 2022 th...
UK wide survey on implementing amendments at NHS/HSC organisations
The Health Research Authority (HRA), alongside the devolved administrations, are seeking survey responses on issues with the implementation of amendments at participating sites across the UK Whilst amendments should be implemented uniformly across all sites in line with the UK Policy Framework, this is often not the case. To understand what can be done to make this better, two surveys are being run to gain a complete picture of the barriers and enablers to implementing amendme...
NES/CSO Clinical Lectureships – new round open for applications
NHS Education Scotland (NES) and the Chief Scientist Office (CSO) are delighted to announce that the next round of their joint lectureship scheme is open for applications Applications are invited from speciality registrars in training who hold a Scottish NTN and have completed (or will shortly complete) a PhD or MD and wish to spend 50% of their time on research and 50% of their time in clinical training. As such these Lectureships posts are integrated academic training posts, they w...
Vacancy: NRS Anaesthesia and Critical Care
The Chief Scientist Office is looking to appoint a clinical lead for NRS Anaesthesia and Critical Care Hours: 0.1FTE/ 1 PA per week Length: 3 years initially, with the possibility to extend Salary: Pro-rata within th...
Researchers encouraged to ‘Think Ethics’ from the beginning of their research
The Health Research Authority’s new 'Think Ethics' campaign is putting people who participate in research at the heart of ethics review by encouraging researchers and the committees that review research to focus on what really matters to those who take part in studies The campaign aims to make ethics review more innovative, efficient and trusted – building on many of the changes made to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic and lessons from running Research Ethics Committees w...
