Do I need NHS REC review?

My study location: Scotland

Will your study involve potential research participants identified in the context of, or in connection with, their past or present use of services (NHS and adult social care), including participants recruited through these services as healthy controls?

This excludes:

Research where participants have been identified independently of the NHS but because they have a condition that was diagnosed by the NHS (e.g. patients with cancer which may have been diagnosed by the NHS but who are identified from a cancer charity’s contact list to be participants in a research project that is otherwise being conducted independently of the NHS).
Research involving NHS or social care staff recruited as research participants by virtue of their professional role. Please refer to the algorithm for further details.
Some social care research. Please refer to the algorithm for further details.

YES

Will your research involve potential research participants identified because of their status as relatives or carers of past or present users of these services (NHS and adult social care)?

YES

Will your research involve prospective collection of tissue (i.e. any material consisting of or including human cells) from any past or present users of these services (NHS and adult social care), including participants recruited as healthy controls?

This includes:

those who have died within the last 100 years.
tissue collected in the course of standard care, where research use is intended at the time of collection.

YES

Will your research involve prospective collection of information from any past or present users of these services (NHS and adult social care)?

This includes:

participants recruited as healthy controls.
information collected in the course of standard care, where research use is intended at the time of collection.

YES

Will your research involve the use of previously collected tissue and/or information from which individual past or present users of these services (NHS and adult care), are likely to be identified by the researchers, either directly from that tissue or information, or from its combination with other tissue or information in, or likely to come into, their possession?

YES

If none of the above apply, please select NO

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