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Children in Wales
Children in Wales is the national umbrella organisation for those working with children and young people in Wales and our aims are to promote the interests of these groups and take action to meet their needs. We are a registered charity and an independent non-governmental organisation.... click here
Child & Maternal Health Observatory
The national Child and Maternal Health Observatory (ChiMat) provides information and intelligence to improve decision-making for high quality, cost effective services. It supports policy makers, commissioners, managers, regulators, and other health stakeholders working on children's, young people's and maternal health.... click here
NIHR Coordinated System for gaining NHS Permission (CSP)
The NIHR Coordinated System for gaining NHS Permission (CSP) is a new system that will standardise and streamline the process for gaining NHS permission for clinical research studies in England which are eligible for the NIHR Clinical Research Network Portfolio. (See http://www.crncc.nihr.ac.uk/index/clinical/portfolio_new.html for portfolio eligibility criteria).
CSP was developed in consultation across the clinical research community and has been piloted throughout the NHS over the last few months. It will ensure that the relevant quality assurance and statutory requirements are met whilst reducing approval times and cutting bureaucracy by allowing active management and tracking of applications via a national database.
CSP was introduced for new applications for NHS permission from 18 November 2008 and is accessible via IRAS. For all NON-portfolio studies, researchers should continue to use local R&D approval systems.
