Research Governance Resource Pack 2010

Paul DolanBirmingham City Council

on behalf of ADASS Standards & Performance Network

Chairs: Paul Najsarek & Sarah Norman

October 2010

Changes since 2005

• Structural and organisational changes in social care and NHS.

• ADASS proposals of 2007- now partly superseded by changes in NRES

• But research culture still not woven into the fabric of CSSRs. Bricks and straw

Welcome the Pack 2nd ed

• ADASS welcomes the publication of this pack as in 2005!

• Contains authoritative information for RG leads and their Directors in local authorities

• Also references and sources useful for researchers• Places research governance in specific social care

context of research regulation, and distinguished from ADASS’s refreshed review system.

• Inclusive definition of research• Supports local authority staff and gives good practice

examples including service user involvement

Why ADASS continues to support Research Governance

• Research governance to strengthen quality appraisal not just risk avoidance

• Similar aims - improving standards in health and social care research for the vulnerable, and distinct from NHS

• Local evidence from national and local research needs to be of good quality