NSW Health Policy Directive PD2010_056 Research - Authorisation to Commence Human Research in NSW Public Health Organisations sets out the mechanism to be used by Public Health Organisations (PHO) to authorise the commencement of human research projects at sites under their control. LHD compliance with this policy is mandatory. All research projects involving humans must be authorised by the Chief Executive (or Designee) before research may commence at any PHO. This is known as Research Governance Site Authorisation.
Within WSLHD, human research proposals are first submitted to the Research Office for managing and administering the ethical and governance review processes. If you are new to making ethics and governance submissions, or would like to refresh your knowledge, information documents provided to you below.
Mandatory as at 1st November 2022.
If any of the following criteria are not met, the submission will be marked ineligible and returned to you.
- Cover letter – RGO submission cover letter
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Staff link numbers for all investigators
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Fee form - (Cost codes – for all submissions)
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PICFs correctly tracked from the HREC approved Master/s – including correct referencing to the Master in the footer
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PICFs to have the correct complaints contacts (below)
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Clinical contact must be the Principal Investigator
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Ensure the complaints contact is correct for the cohort