What is Research Governance?

County Council staff regularly help customers and their families to make decisions about their lives. These decisions are based on knowledge of what works best, knowledge which comes from a number of sources – from personal experience of working with people, feedback from customers, service evaluations and research.

Research is essential in planning and delivering effective and high quality care services. The amount of research taking place across care services has never been as great.

But how do we know that the research used to inform practice is of a good enough standard? How can we ensure that the research we undertake meets these standards too? How can members of the public involved in research have confidence in the benefits of these projects?

A Research Governance Group has been established to evaluate and give final approval for all research studies. In addition the Research Governance Group also supports researchers in developing projects to ensure they meet quality standards.

Information about all projects and their findings is placed on the Social Care Institute of Excellence (SCIE) National Research Database

Information and Forms can be downloaded from the Document list on the right.

To find out more, visit www.scie.org.uk/networks/screc or email the Committee Co-ordinator barbara.cuddon@scie.org.uk.