Research Governance concerns setting standards to improve research quality and safeguard the public. It involves enhancing ethical and scientific quality, promoting good practice, reducing adverse incidents, ensuring lessons are learned and preventing poor performance and misconduct.
The Research Governance Framework for Health and Community Care
The framework has been revised to ensure consistency with the Medicines for Human Use (Clinical Trials) Regulations 2004 which transposed EU Directive 2001/20/EC into UK law with effect from 1 May 2004, and the second edition is now available. A list of key changes in the second edition is provided. The framework sets standards, details the responsibilities of key people involved in research and outlines the process for achieving governance.
The following information is also available:
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Research Governance Framework 2nd Ed (in PDF format) |
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Sponsorship of Research |
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Implementation of Governance - updated 15/02/06 re monitoring compliance |
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Guidance Notes |