TASC Clinical Research Guidelines

Tayside Medical Sciences Centre (TASC)

Please note that if a proposed project will involve any of the following activities, then you should refer to the website of the Tayside Medical Science Centre (TASC) to identify the correct policy to govern the research and contact the TASC Research Governance Office for advice on the appropriate approval route:

• patients, their carers, or volunteers in the NHS (in hospital, General Practitioners, community care)
• the investigation of the safety or efficacy of a medicine, foodstuff, medical device or placebo in humans
• access to collections of patient data
• use of any NHS resources including staff time, clinical support services or NHS facilities
• research within prisons
• research involving adults (aged 16 or over) with incapacity
• social care research with NHS patients or a mix of NHS patients and social care users
• use of tissue for genetic analysis/diagnosis or a therapeutic purpose
• the collection or use of donor identifiable human biological samples
• human biological samples obtained from a tissue bank

The helpline of the East of Scotland Research Ethics Service provides an additional source of advice on NHS Research Ethics Committee (NHS REC) approval for this type of project.

Email: ethicshelpline.tayside@nhs.net.

Studies not requiring NHS REC approval (for example, those involving NHS staff as participants) will still require NHS R&D Permission.

Email: TASCgovernance@dundee.ac.uk