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In this section, we share news about some of the HRA’s work that we think you may be interested in. You might also enjoy exploring the news and updates section of the HRA website.
We’ve launched an informal consultation on draft inclusion and diversity guidance we’re producing with the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA).
The guidance will help ensure research is designed to include people who could be impacted by the findings, and that people underserved by research are not overlooked. We hope that this will help increase the diversity of people taking part in clinical trials and clinical investigations.
This is part of our wider work with the MHRA to update the UK’s clinical trials regulations.
We have developed a set of questions and supporting guidance for researchers to consider when they design clinical trials and clinical investigations. The answers to these questions will form the basis of an Inclusion and Diversity Plan. Researchers can submit this plan as part of their application to Research Ethics Committees (RECs), who will use the information in the plan as part of their overall review of the application.
The questions and guidance were developed alongside researchers, sponsors, REC members and public contributors.
To find out more about the draft guidance and the informal consultation you can visit our website.
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Our policy for payments for public involvement, and the accompanying equalities impact assessment, have recently been updated.
Changes include:
- a new section about working with external organisations
- clarification on what expenses are covered, and that claims should be submitted within a month of the activity taking place, and within the same tax year where this is reasonable
- a new section on assistance animals
- clarification on what you need to consider before receiving payment for involvement and adding additional information about health insurance claims
- clarification about payment for reading and preparation time
Thank you to everyone who has contacted us with feedback on the policy. If you have any questions or anything is unclear, do get in touch with the public involvement team by emailing public.involvement@hra.nhs.uk or call us on 0207 104 8161.
Margaret Cheng has been a member of our Community Committee since its launch. She blogs about her experience so far.
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'Setting up a new committee from scratch has been hard work - we’ve had to work out our own terms of reference (TOR) and really think hard about what we want to achieve - but the fruits of our efforts are beginning to emerge.
'Community Committee members attend HRA Board meetings on rotation and talk directly about issues we want the Board to be aware of.
'We are listened to, well supported and can track the actions that arise from what we bring forward.'
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