Date
Friday 1 March 2024
Time
10am to 1pm (three hours)
Attendees
Chair
Andrew George (AG)
Attendees
Alisha Aman (AA), Louise Vale (LV), Anne-Laure Donskoy (A-LD), Christine Vial (CV), Eleni Chambers (EC), Jan Speechley (JS), Margaret Cheng (MC), Sandra Duggan (SD), Sarah-Jayne Ambler (S-JA), Simon Kolstoe (SK), Stephanie Ellis (SE)
HRA Staff
Clive Collett (CC), Eve Hart (EH), Jacinta Bollard (JB), Jonathan Fennelly-Barnwell (JF), Kat Evans (KE), Paul Mills (PM), Reshma Raycoba (RRa), Stephen Tebbutt (ST), Teagan Allen (TA)
HRA Guest Presenters
Will Griffiths-Stent joining at 10:40am (Paper 5), Janet Messer joining at 11:05 am for optional breakout session (Paper 7), Nicola Gilzeane joining at 12:30pm (Paper 8).
External Attendee
Oliver Excell, PA Consulting, joined at 11:05 am for optional breakout session (Paper 7).
Apologies
Emma Marshall, Jane Oakley
Agenda
Item 1 - Welcome and apologies
Description: Specific updates to make the Committee aware of/opportunity to raise any issues.
For approval: Paper 1 – 19 December 2023 Meeting notes & Actions from previous meeting.
Item led by: Andrew George (AG)
Time: 10:00am to 10:05am
Duration: 5 minutes
Item 2 - How we talk about the Committee in a way that everyone can access and understand
Description: to agree
Item led by: Becky Purvis (BP)
Time: 10:05am to 10:15am
Duration: 10 minutes
Item 3 - How we report to the HRA Board
Description: Agree approach to report to the HRA Board
Item led by: Becky Purvis (BP)
Time: 10:15am to 10:25am
Duration: 10 minutes
Item 4 - Agreeing how we will appoint a Co-Chair
Description: With a view to appointing a Co-Chair in time for our September 2024 meeting
Item led by: Becky Purvis (BP)
Time: 10:25am to 10:40am
Duration: 40 minutes
Item 5 - Strategic performance reporting
Description: In future the Community Committee will receive drafts of the HRA’s quarterly strategic reports ahead of HRA Board, giving you the opportunity to highlight and advise the Board on issues that you think are important as they review them.
This will conclude our previous training session commenced in December 2023, to support members in their scrutiny of these reports going forward.
Previously circulated in December 2023: Strategic Engagement Update for HRA Board - September 2023
Item led by: Will Griffiths-Stent
Time: 10:40am to 10:55am
Duration: 15 minutes
Break
Time: 10:55 to 11:05
Duration: 10 minutes
Item 6 - Optional session: HRA Research Systems Programme
Description: You are welcome to choose whether you attend this session.
The session will be recorded and made available for you to watch at a time of your choosing.
You can comment on the content discussed in writing if you prefer.
Item led by: Janet Messer
Time: 11:05am to 11:55am
Duration: 50 minutes
Break
Time: 11:55am to 12:05pm
Duration: 10 minutes
Item 7 - Developing the HRA Strategy
Description: Committee members are asked to review and advise on our proposed approach to develop our next HRA strategy, particularly:
Item led by: Becky Purvis (BP)
Time: 12:05pm to 12:25pm
Duration: 20 minutes
Item 8 - Community Engagement
Description: For review and advice: we will share an overview of the objectives and our proposed approach to this work, informed by our findings to date for your review and advice.
Item led by: Nicola Gilzeane (NG)
Time: 12:25pm to 12:50pm
Duration: 25 minutes
Item 9 - Items proposed by Community Committee members
Description: Items for information:
- REC members using Artificial Intelligence to review applications.
- Public involvement in Research Ethics Committees.
Item led by: Becky Purvis (BP)
Time: 12:50pm to 12:55pm
Duration: 5 minutes
Item 10 - AOB
Time: 12:55pm to 1pm
Duration: 5 minutes
Item 11 - Next meeting
Description: The next meeting will be held on Friday 3 May 2024 10am to 1pm (3 hours)
At our next meeting we would like to get your views on:
- agreeing Community Committee Terms of Reference
- how we enforce standards to earn people’s trust in research