"Abbreviations" [2020] ELECD 277; in Dove, S. Edward (ed), "Regulatory Stewardship of Health Research" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2020) viii

Book Title: Regulatory Stewardship of Health Research

Editor(s): Dove, S. Edward

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Section Title: Abbreviations

Number of pages: 3

Extract:

Abbreviations

AMS = Academy of Medical Sciences
AWI = Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000
BMJ = British Medical Journal
CIOMS = Council for International Organizations of Medical
Sciences
COREC = Central Office for Research Ethics Committees
CSO = Chief Scientist Office (Scotland)
CTIMP = Clinical Trial of an Investigational Medicinal Product
GAfREC = Governance Arrangements for Research Ethics
Committees
GMC = General Medical Council
HARP = HRA Assessment Review Portal
HCRW = Health and Care Research Wales
HFEA = Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority
HRA = Health Research Authority
HSC = Health and Social Care in Northern Ireland
HTA = Human Tissue Authority
IRAS = Integrated Research Application System
IRB = Institutional Review Board
LREC = Local Research Ethics Committee
MHRA = Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
MRC = Medical Research Council
MREC = Multi-site Research Ethics Committee
NHS = National Health Service
NIH = National Institutes of Health
NIHR = National Institute for Health Research
NPSA = National Patient Safety Agency

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NREAP = National Research and Ethics Advisors' Panel
NRES = National Research Ethics Service
NRS = NHS Research Scotland
OECD = Organisation for Economic Co-operation and
Development
OREC = Office for Research Ethics Committees
ORECNI = Office for Research Ethics Committees Northern Ireland
PIS = Participant Information Sheet
PRS = Proportionate Review Service
QA/QI = Quality Assurance/Quality Improvement
RCP = Royal College of Physicians of London
REB = Research Ethics Board
REC = Research Ethics Committee
REC = Standard Operating Procedures for Research Ethics
SOPs Committees
RED = Research Ethics Database
RES = Research Ethics Service
RGF = Research Governance Framework for Health and Social
Care
R&D = Research and Development
ShED = Shared Ethical Debate
SOP = Standard Operating Procedures
SSA = ...