Ethics approval for research in private practice

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{ADMIN2 Note: These posts have been moved here from the thread on Journal of Clinical Research on Foot & Ankle }

Which is all fine and dandy....unless you are a Private Practitioner (PP) working and carrying out research and reviews in practice within the UK.

PP`s are currently prohibited from applying for ethical approval of any kind of research (even case studies) by NRES. JFAR will not accept any paper without ethical approval. Thus, PP`s are prevented/unable to contribute to research and the advancement of clinical practice in our profession.

Have a good weekend.....

 

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That is pretty much a standard requirement of all journals now. Perhaps this is something that SCP and other professional bodies need to look at, as it probably affects private practitioners with no hospital or university affiliations in all disciplines. Those at the coalface where it all happens needs to be encouraged and supported to do research, not have barriers put in the way.

 

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And all this reminds me why I work with dead people.

 

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I fully appreciate the requirement of ethical approval for publication of clinical trials, however I cannot understand the necessity of this for reviews of established practice.

Agreed, professional bodies SHOULD be supporting the PP in this issue....igs:

 

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Dear Blinda, Craig and others
You make some valuable points, especially about PP's being peculiarly disadvantaged by current arrangements.
Notwithstanding the 'pigs might fly' cartoon, the SCP (now College) R&D committee has registered that this debate is important and will try to address it. I won't make up policy on the fly but we have arranged to table this correspondence plus some supporting documentation at the upcoming R&D meeting on the 29th Jan and will try to come up with some formal guidance.
Have some faith - you never know.
Tony
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Professor Anthony Redmond
Research and Development Committee Chair, College of Podiatrists
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I think Tony`s post (and comments regarding the issue of ethical approval for PP`s) should be given a thread of its own, so that more private practitioners can register their interest in being supported in clinical research. This may (or may not) have an influence on any discussion during the SCP meeting on 29th Jan. I`ll refrain from using flying pigs....

Any chance, Admin?

 

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Tony, we PP`s d indeed need some recognition in respect of our clinical skill and in many ways pushing the boundaries of clinical practice.
I cannot understand why good research is ignored merely on an “in house” technicality.

David

 

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All,

I have been asked (by an SCP member) to discuss (via email) the current situation of research in private practice and I would value any opinions of posters here. If you don`t want to post publicly, please email or PM me your thoughts and suggestions on how the SCP could support the private practitioner in this field.

Cheers,
Bel

 

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Belinda and others who may be interested,
We are in the process of tackling this issue and the College will be producing a position statement relevant to all SCP/College meebers (ie including but not only for independent practitioners), which should be available by late summer.
We have met and worked with colleagues from the Private Practice Committee (Allan Wood and Debbie Delves) in producing this and have agreed the overall terms. The final document is being worked on currently.
We have also included a specific representation for independent sector practitioners in this year's R&D conference slot (session A6 - please come along!).
I hope this news of progress is somewhat reassurring, do share the email correspondence with me as well if it is constructive and would be useful to the group working on the position statement.
best wishes
Tony