A National Neonatal Research Database - 5 year REC renewal

• Research type

  Research Database

• IRAS ID

  22304

• Contact name

  Neena Modi

• Contact email

  n.modi@imperial.ac.uk

• Research summary

  National Neonatal Research Database

• REC name

  London - Queen Square Research Ethics Committee

• REC reference

  16/LO/1093

• Date of REC Opinion

  2 Aug 2016

• REC opinion

  Favourable Opinion

• Data collection arrangements

  The National Neonatal Research Database contains data extracted from the real-time electronic patient records of all admissions to NHS Neonatal Units. The National Neonatal Research Database is held on a secure NHS server at Chelsea & Westminster NHS Foundation Trust. The data includes demographics, daily care processes, medications, and clinical parameters including age two-year follow-up assessments.

• Research programme

  The National Neonatal Research Database was created to be a national resource to improve the care of newborn babies and support neonatal services through auditing, monitoring and analysing the delivery, organisation and outcomes of care, and facilitating research. It is used by a growing number and range of research groups and organisations including the Departments of Health, NHS England, and Public Health England.

• Research database title

  National Neonatal Research Database

• Establishment organisation

  Chelsea & Westminster NHS Foundation Trust

• Establishment organisation address

  Chelsea & Westminster Hospital

  369 Fulham Road

  London

  SW10 9NH