Joint SSRG PSSRU meeting on Research Governance and Ethics in Adult Social Care 2010

The Research Governance Framework - Resource Pack for Social Care| (2nd edition) is a set of minimum standards for all social care research carried out by or involving councils. The guidance was welcomed by delegates at an event organised by the Social Services Research Group| (SSRG) and the Personal Social Services Research Unit (PSSRU) at LSE (on behalf of SSCR) in October 2010 to discuss its content and how it could be implemented.

Joint SSRG PSSRU meeting on Research Governance and Ethics in Adult Social Care, 13 October 2010

Presentations

Research Governance Framework

RGF Resource Pack, produced by SSRG, supported by Department of Health and the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services

• Department of Health speaker: Dr Carol Lupton
• ADASS speaker (PDF): Paul Dolan, formerly Birmingham City Council
• SSRG speaker (PDF): Dr Martin Stevens, King's College London

RGF in Practice

• SSRG speaker (PDF): Chris Russell, Independent Consultant
• Local Authority speaker (PDF): Rachel Taylor, Oxfordshire County Council

Research governance and ethics for researchers in adult social care

Research Ethics for adult social care in practice

• Research governance in practice (PDF): Paul Dolan on behalf of Dr John Woolham, Coventry University
• Research ethics in practice (PDF): Dr Deborah Rutter, Social Care Institute for Excellence
• Mental Capacity Act (PDF): Professor Nigel Wellman, Berkshire Research Ethics Committee and Oxfordshire C Research Ethics Committee

Report from the meeting 

A report from the meeting is available here: Researchethicsgovernance_FinalReport|(PDF).