Research ethics approval in the NHS

One-day professional development workshop

Tuesday 29 November 2011
Wolfson Court, University of Cambridge, Clarkson Road, Cambridge CB3 0EH

This practical one-day workshop, led by one of the country’s leading research ethics professionals, will improve your knowledge of what you need to do to prepare an application and then progress successfully through the ethical review process and gain a favourable ethical opinion.

If you wish to undertake research involving human participants within the NHS you must receive a favourable ethical opinion from a National Research Ethics Service (NRES) Research Ethics Committee (REC). This involves an application submitted using the Integrated Research Application System (IRAS) which can be a complex and time-consuming process.

This workshop will provide you with:
An overview of research ethics in the NHS
An overview of the process for seeking an ethical opinion using IRAS
A practical guide to using IRAS
A step-by-step guide to preparing an IRAS application and supporting document
A practical guide to responding to the REC’s post-review comments.

By the end of the workshop you will have a thorough understanding of the process and practical requirements for seeking a favourable ethical opinion to undertake research in the NHS.

The workshop will be facilitated by Dr Leslie Gelling, Chair, Cambridge South Research Ethics Committee; Chair, Faculty Research Ethics Panel, Anglia Ruskin University; Reader in Research Ethics, Anglia Ruskin University; and Editor of Nurse Researcher: the International Journal of Research Methodology in Nursing and Health Care.

‘The workshop covered everything I expected it to. Extremely helpful.' Participant 2011
‘This is one of the most useful workshops I have attended. I really appreciated all of the ‘inside’ information that was provided.' Participant 2011

If you have any questions regarding any aspects of this workshop please speak to Anna or Nicola at Jill Rogers Associates.