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Research approvals group - terms of reference
The Research Approvals Group’s role is to consider any proposal
to undertake any research, including a study, survey or
consultation, that will involve services users, their families or
carers and council staff either directly or indirectly.
In doing so the group will:
- promote research and the research evidence database both within
and outside the council;
- review all applications for research;
- make decisions about research applications on the basis of set
criteria;
- ensure consistency and quality of research standards;
- prevent multiple or repeated requests for access to service
users and staff;
- provide advice to researchers about the process, their research
proposal and approval decisions;
- protect the interests of service users, their families or
carers;
- protect the interests of staff;
- ensure the council is not exposed to undue risk arising from
research;
- establish mechanisms to ensure research is monitored by
appropriate council officers following approval being given;
- ensure the council’s legal requirements are met (e.g. equal
opportunities, Criminal Records Bureau searches, data protection,
patient confidentiality);
- oversee a register of approved research projects;
- periodically report on research activity involving services
users, their families or carers and council staff;
- delegate such decisions (e.g. to a research co-ordinator) as it
considers fit;
- monitor these delegated decisions;
- monitor research outcomes;
- establish a library of completed research that has been
undertaken with council staff and with service uses, their carers
and their families.
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