Service Evaluation/Audit permission pathway

This pathway is for researchers and clinicians from any institution who want to conduct a Service Evaluation or Audit using unconsented NHS Grampian data.

Early in your project planning you should contact the following teams to discuss your project and governance requirements:

1. Contact DaSH to discuss your data, data management requirements and governance arrangements.
    
2. Contact your Sponsor representative. Your Sponsor representative will determine whether your project is classified as research, audit, or service evaluation. The Health Research Authority (HRA) has developed an online tool to help you determine the category your project fits into, but ultimately the final decision rests with your Sponsor. DaSH should be copied into this correspondence so that we can support your applications to the various permission providers if required.

• If your project is considered “research” by your Sponsor representative, you will need to follow the relevant Permission Pathway here.
   
• If your project is considered to be Service Evaluation or Audit, follow our step-by-step guide and checklist to help you navigate the permission submission requirements. You can find them in the download section at the top of this webpage. For a quick visual summary, check out the flowchart below.