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Research Management
Governance Unit (RMGU)
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support all local PCTs (except Hounslow)
to meet their RM&G responsibilities, •
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and
to support them to develop a PCT plan for research; |
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monitor research projects passed to it from the partner PCTs; |
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amalgamate
data provided by Principal Investigators and PCT Research Leads in
order |
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to
proceduce annual reports across the sector, and |
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negotiate
with the Strategic Health Authority and Department of Health
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All
organisations and individuals that wish to undertake research within primary
care in the sector are expected to follow these agreements. Amendments
are to be negotiated at the quarterly meeting of the North-West London
Primary Care Research Consortium, to be attended by PCT Research leads
from all eight PCTs. These agreements flow from the Department of Health
guidelines but are adapted to be relevant to the networked nature of primary
care and the specific local context. This manual defines the roles and
responsibilities of all in a way that facilitates both local innovation
and collaborative reports.
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