The oversight of clinical research in the UK is currently in a state of flux. Discusses the quality assurance problems that have arisen in the management of research and the protection of the rights of human participants. Contrasts clinical governance and regulatory approaches to research quality assurance and performs a critical analysis of the Department of Health (England) Research Governance Framework (RGF) to see where it falls within the continuum. Highlights the implications for UK hospitals engaged in clinical research through the presentation of a case study in implementing the RGF. Concludes by suggesting the priority areas that need to be addressed and invites further debate regarding the merits of a clinical governance or regulatory approach to research quality assurance.
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1 August 2004
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August 01 2004
Quality assurance for clinical research: challenges in implementing research governance in UK hospitals
Linda S. Franck;
Linda S. Franck
Professor and Chair of Children's Nursing Research, at the Institute of Child Health and Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust, London, UK
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Emma Pendleton;
Emma Pendleton
Head of Research and Development, at the Institute of Child Health and Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust, London, UK
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Barbara Pittam;
Barbara Pittam
Director of Administration, at the Institute of Child Health and Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust, London, UK
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Michael Preece;
Michael Preece
Joint Chairman of the Acute Medical Services Division at the Institute of Child Health and Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust, London, UK
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Al Aynsley‐Green
Al Aynsley‐Green
Nuffield Professor of Child Health, at the Institute of Child Health and Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust, London, UK
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Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Online ISSN: 1758-6542
Print ISSN: 0952-6862
© Emerald Group Publishing Limited
2004
Int J Health Care Qual Assur (2004) 17 (5): 239–247.
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Franck LS, Pendleton E, Pittam B, Preece M, Aynsley‐Green A (2004), "Quality assurance for clinical research: challenges in implementing research governance in UK hospitals". Int J Health Care Qual Assur, Vol. 17 No. 5 pp. 239–247, doi: https://doi.org/10.1108/09526860410549344
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