What is the difference between a Participant Identification Centre and a Research Site?
Research sites, as defined in IRAS, are organisations responsible for participant-related research procedures specified in the protocol including recruitment and informed consent. The following are not considered to be research sites: Clinicians or clinical units making referrals to the research team. Research units undertaking support functions, e.g. project management, site monitoring, data analysis or report writing. The purpose of the guidance in IRAS is to clarify that NHS organisations responsible for locations from which clinicians refer patients are not responsible for providing indemnity for the research activity. That is the responsibility of the site conducting protocol-driven procedures. The NHS organisation responsible for the Participant Identification Centre is expected to review the request to refer patients (including any resource implications and other issues such as data protection) and agree to this.
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