C&I CRIS Research Database 2024 Ethics Renewal
Research type
Research Database
IRAS ID
346127
Contact name
Joseph Hayes
Contact email
Research summary
C&I Research Database
REC name
East of England - Cambridge Central Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
24/EE/0178
Date of REC Opinion
5 Nov 2024
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion
Data collection arrangements
Information from C&I NHS clinical records is fed into the C&I Research Database using a system that removes information which could identify an individual.
This database of anonymised data is accessible only to approved researchers within C&I and its partner research organisations. It is used for population-based research projects such as looking for links between family history and particular illnesses. The researchers won't know who any service user is, so people not be approached for their permission.
All records in the C&I Research Database are identified only by a research ID number. There are no names, exact dates of birth, C&I hospital numbers, or NHS numbers. The database holds details of sex, age (month and year of birth), diagnoses, medication, and so on, including searchable free text.
Research programme
Approved researchers can use CRIS for epidemiological and service evaluation studies. They simply search it, analyse the data, and publish (the database has generic ethical approval for studies of this type, a separate ethical opinion is not required). For example, a putative association between two diseases might be examined in this way.
Research database title
C&I Research Database
Establishment organisation
Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust
Establishment organisation address
St Pancras Hospital
4 St Pancras Way
London
NW1 0PE