Why are organisational approvals needed for low-risk staff studies in the UK? Procedures, barriers, and burdens.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Health care staff should be given the opportunity to participate in research, but recruiting clinicians via their employing organisation is not always straightforward or quick in the UK. Unlike many countries outside the UK, very low-risk survey, interview or focus group studies can be subject to some of the same governance approval procedures as interventional studies. An exemplar study carried out by the NIHR funded Palliative Care Research Partnership North West Coast is used to highlight the challenges still faced by researchers and health care organisations when setting up a low-risk staff study across multiple NHS and non-NHS sites.

Methods

A study database was created and information was collected on the first point of contact with the clinical site, Health

SUBMITTER: Dunleavy L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11566500 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature