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Welcome to HRA Latest with news and updates for those working or involved in health and social care research.
July has seen progress in several important areas of our work. Following the launch of our strategy in June, we’ve spoken to people involved in or impacted by research to discuss how we can do things differently to deliver our priorities.
We are also pleased that new data, published by the Department of Health and Social Care, shows that our combined review for clinical trials is making a difference for researchers, helping make it easier to do research that people can trust. Ultimately, I believe this will help research findings improve care faster.
As always, for regular updates and the latest news, you can follow us on Twitter @HRA_Latest.
Matt Westmore, Chief Executive
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Combined review positively impacts approval times
New data shows that our combined review for clinical trials considerably reduces the length of time taken to approve health research in the UK.
The latest life science competitiveness indicators show progress towards the Life Sciences Vision, and reflect work done by the HRA with partners to build on lessons learnt during the COVID-19 pandemic to make the UK a great place to do health and social care research.
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 Doing things differently
At our Board meeting last week, a group of people involved in or impacted by research joined us to discuss how we can do things differently and work in a way that includes everyone in research.
Having a voice in research: including people who may lack capacity or need support to consent
In our strategy, we make a commitment to ‘include’, so that health and social care research is done with and for everyone. We want to see more diverse groups of people, with relevant lived experience, involved in all stages of research. Dr Karen Bunning, Associate Professor in development and learning disabilities at the University of East Anglia, has written a blog for us about her work and how researchers can involve adults with capacity-affecting conditions in research.
Annual Report for RECs in England 1 April 2021 to 31 March 2022
Our annual report for Research Ethics Committees (RECs) is now live. It reflects on the last year and the work that we’ve done to ensure we make the most use of our members’ valuable time and continue to deliver a high-quality service.
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Think Ethics – your feedback so far
Over 500 people have fed back to us so far on our ideas about how we could make ethics review more streamlined and proportionate as part of our public conversation which runs until 23 September.
We’ve heard from university staff, NHS organisations, Research Ethics Committees, patients, carers and more. We are also holding workshops – including one for researchers on 31 August.
The users are the co-designers
We’re working closely with our potential users to develop tools that will support people developing cutting-edge technologies and AI for health and social care and remove barriers to doing this. We need more feedback from people who are working in medical data research to help us in the next phase of development.
Alan Smith, Engagement Manager Data and AI, writes about how we are putting working with our users at the heart of our design process.
Our response to the General Medical Council’s Good medical practice consultation
The GMC is updating Good medical practice – the core guiding principles doctors refer to on the professional values, knowledge and behaviours expected of them while working in the UK. We’ve responded to their consultation and highlighted where we think that they can go a little bit further to embed research in healthcare and benefit everybody.
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