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Ethical review

Ethical approval is essential for NHS research because it helps protect patients and the public by ensuring that research is appropriate, proportionate, transparent, and carried out with suitable safeguards.

The TVS SDE has approval from South Central – Oxford C Research Ethics Committee (REC) for a research database. (REC reference: 22/SC/0330)

If there has been no independent ethical review, the TVS SDE undertakes ethical review in line with the REC Research Database Conditions. These conditions allow projects to be reviewed under the research database approval The assessment draws on information provided across the Data Access Request Form (DARF), including:

  • the aims and purpose of the proposed work;
  • the potential benefits;
  • any patient and public involvement;
  • the data requested and why it is needed;
  • risks and how these will be managed;
  • potential bias, including selection and causal bias;
  • how findings and outcomes will be shared;
  • the proposed legal basis; and
  • any conflicts of interest.