Research Approvals Panel
The Research Approvals Panel’s role is to consider any proposal to undertake any research, including a study, survey or consultation, that will involve services users, their families or carers and council staff either directly or indirectly.
In doing so, the Panel will:
- Promote research and the research evidence database both within and outside the council
- Review all applications for research
- Make decisions about research applications on the basis of set criteria
- Ensure consistency and quality of research standards
- Prevent multiple or repeated requests for access to service users and staff
- Provide advice to researchers about the process, their research proposal and approval decisions
- Protect the interests of service users, their families or carers
- Protect the interests of staff
- Ensure the Council is not exposed to undue risk arising from research
- Establish mechanisms to ensure research is monitored by appropriate council officers following approval being given
- Ensure the Council’s legal requirements are met (for example equal opportunities, Criminal Records Bureau, Data Protection, Caldecott)
- Oversee a register of approved research projects
- Periodically report on research activity involving services users, their families or carers and council staff
- Delegate such decisions (e.g. to a Research Co-ordinator) as it considers fit
- Monitor these delegated decisions
- Monitor research outcomes
- Establish a library of completed research that has been undertaken with council staff and with service users, their carers and their families
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