Whats New for RECs

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Whats New for RECs?

• COREC - GAfREC
• Research Governance Framework
• Strategic Health Authorities
• European Directive
• Local Issues

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COREC

• New lines of responsibility
• Professional management and support
• Accountability
• Training
• Communication
• GAfREC
• Quality Assurance

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Research Governance Framework

• More research? Or Greater awareness?
• Working Together
• Communication
• Effective Systems
• Scientific Peer Review
• Researcher Indemnity
• Research v audit
• Time Scales

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Strategic Health Authorities

• Physical changes
• Personnel Changes
• Management Re-structuring
• Management and Monitoring of RD Hosts -
  conflicts of interest?
• RECs?
• Appointments
• Indemnity

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European Directive

• Membership
• Time scales
• 60 days
• 35Days
• Professionalism
• Legal Liability
• Clinical Trials only?

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Local Issues - 1

• Change Management
• Good Administrative Support, including IT
• Communication
• COREC MRECs
• RD
• HA

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Local Issues - 2

• Membership (Recruitment Retention)
• workload
• legal liability
• value
• Training