Imperial College Healthcare Tissue Bank

• Research type

  Research Tissue Bank

• IRAS ID

  229026

• Research summary

  Imperial College Healthcare Tissue Bank

• REC name

  Wales REC 3

• REC reference

  17/WA/0161

• Date of REC Opinion

  25 Jul 2017

• REC opinion

  Further Information Favourable Opinion

• Data collection arrangements

  All patients attending Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust for a procedure will be approached to ask for their consent to join the Trust's Discover Plus project. Consent is taken either by fully trained Discover Plus consenting staff or my clinical staff with duty of care. Samples are stored at HTA registered locations on Imperial College Healthcare Trusts constituent hospitals (Hammersmith, Charing Cross, St Mary's, Queen Charlotte's and Chelsea) and Imperial College London's South Kensington Campus.

• Research programme

  The Imperial College Healthcare Tissue Bank supports academic research on the disorders or function of the human body from within Imperial College and its associated NHS Trust, as well as external academic, private and public sector researchers worldwide. All researchers must submit a formal project application for access to materials via the Imperial College Healthcare Tissue Bank's Tissue Management Committee who will review the proposal. Samples can only be released to projects approved in this manner. Further information can be found on the Tissue Bank's webpages www.imperial.ac.uk/tissuebank.

• Storage license

  12275

• RTBTitle

  Imperial College Healthcare Tissue Bank

• Establishment organisation

  Imperial College Healthcare Tissue Bank

• Establishment organisation address

  Room 11L04

  Charing Cross Hospital

  Fulham Palace Road, London

  W6 8RF