Date
Tuesday 08 July 2025
Time
09:30 am to 12:30 pm (3 hours)
Attendees
Chair:
Marian Knight (MK)
Community Committee Members:
Anne-Laure Donskoy (A-LD), Alisha Aman (AA), Christine Vial (CV), Eleni Chambers (EC), Louise Vale (LV), Margaret Cheng (MC), Sandra Duggan (SD), Sarah-Jayne Ambler (S-JA), Simon Kolstoe (SK), Stephanie Ellis (SE)
HRA Staff:
Alex Willis (AW), Becky Purvis (BP), Beth Hemming (BH), Clive Collett (CC), Eve Hart (EH), Georgia Copeland (GC), Jonathan Fennelly-Barnwell (JF-B), Kat Evans (KE), Naho Yamazaki (NY), Teagan Allen (TA)
HRA Guest Presenters:
Kirsty Edwards (KEs) joining at 09:40 am (Paper and Slide Deck 1 – Simplified arrangements for consent)
Kirstie Shearman (KS) joining at 10:30 am (How we thank our REC and CAG members who leave us)
Apologies:
Jan Speechley (JS)
Agenda
Item 1
Welcome and apologies
For approval: Paper B – 12 May meeting minutes
Verbal updates:
- Community Committee recruitment has been paused while work is taken forward to review the Committee’s ways of working
- staff will be in touch shortly to invite members to be part of work to review the way that we offer payments, informed by the discussion at the last meeting on 12 May
- reminded all attendees of the HRA ways of working together guidance to inform how they engage in this meeting Working together - Health Research Authority
- reminded members to approach GC as the first point of contact and support for the Committee
Item led by: Marian Knight (MK)
Time: 09:30am to 09:40am
Duration: 10 minutes
Item 2
Description: Simplified arrangements for consent
For review and advice: Paper 1 – Simplified arrangements for consent
For information: Slide Deck 1 – Simplified arrangements for consent
Item led by: Kirsty Edwards (KEs)
Time: 09:40am to 10:20am
Duration: 40 minutes
Break
Time: 10:20am to 10:30am
Duration: 10 minutes
Item 3
Description: Optional session – For information: How we thank our REC and CAG members who leave us.
Item led by: Kirstie Shearman (KS)
Time: 10:30am to 10:55 am
Duration: 25 minutes
Break
Time: 10:55am to 11:00am
Duration: 5 minutes
Item 4
Description: Optional session – For information: HRA Strategy – Share pre-embargoed copy of the strategy before launch on 9 July
Item led by: Becky Purvis (BP)
Time: 11:00am to 11:20am
Duration: 20 minutes
Break
Time: 11:20am to 11:30am
Duration: 10 minutes
Item 5
Description: Community Committee: Future Ways of Working
For review and advice: Paper 2 – Community Committee: Future Ways of Working
Item led by: Marian Knight (MK) and Becky Purvis (BP)
Time: 11:30am to 12:20pm
Duration: 50 minutes
Item 6
Description: Any other business (AOB) including any reflections on the effectiveness of this meeting
Item led by: All
Time: 12:20pm to 12:30pm
Duration: 10 minutes
Next meeting: Monday 08 September 2025 10:00am to 13:00pm (Zoom)