HEALTH RESEARCH AUTHORITY BOARD MEETING HRA Board paper cover sheet st Date of meeting: 21 March 2012 Agenda item: 11 Title of paper: Appointing Authority Update Background / Purpose: This document sets out summary information in respect of the Appointing Authority function provided by the HRA. Details: The paper details: - 10 REC which have received accreditation. - Eight officer appointments - 2 REC closures - Approved business cases for membership recruitment Recommendations / proposed actions: The HRA Board is invited to receive and note the information. Name: Job title: Date: Stephen Tebbutt Interim HRA Board Secretary and Business Manager 15.3.2012 Page 1 of 4 Appointing authority update for HRA Board (2012.03.22) HEALTH RESEARCH AUTHORITY Appointing Authority update for HRA Board meeting 22nd March 2012 1. Accreditation update 01 January 2011 – 01 March 2012 10 RECs received accreditation under 2010 scheme during this period: South East Coast – Kent London – Chelsea London – Queen Square London – South East London – Riverside North West – GM East North West – Liverpool East West Midlands – Staffordshire South Central – Oxford B South Central – Southampton B 1 REC with action plan pending completion London - Bentham 2. Officer appointments Eight appointments have been made during this reporting period: Region London London Yorkshire and the Humber South Central East of England London Yorkshire and the Humber REC Dulwich South East Humber Bridge Southampton B Cambridge Central Dulwich Humber Bridge Position Chair Chair Chair Chair Chair Vice Chair Vice Chair Name Michael Philpot David Caplin Lynn Cawkwell Ron King Carolyn Read Colin Stanfield Stephen Beer Page 2 of 4 Appointing authority update for HRA Board (2012.03.22) East Midlands 3. Leicester John Baker Closure and Suspension of RECs REC Type of REC Change East Midlands - Derby 2 Authorised Closure London Wandsworth 4. Vice Chair Type I/III Effective date Closure Transfer of work East Midlands 31/12/2011 Derby 1 29/02/2012 West London REC Type of REC Reason for closure Authorised Decision based on workload and very low membership. Most existing members transferred to other RECs in region. Type I/III 10 years completed by Chair and Vice Chair. No suitable replacement. REC Complaints None to note 5. Breach of research governance framework None to note 6. Approved business cases for membership recruitment REC East of England – Cambridge East Business case approved Recruitment of up to two expert and two lay members. North East – Sunderland Recruitment to pharmacist position which will be vacant from March 2012 due to current pharmacist serving 10 years. South West – Southampton B Transfer of REC member from London - Brent REC to Southampton B. Recruitment of two experts and one lay member. North West – GM Central Reason for recruitment Low membership on REC. Incorrectly constituted. High demand for review remains in the region. Committee is flagged to review Phase 1 studies in patients. Limited pharmacist support across the REC centre due to low of number of pharmacists. Relocation of REC member. Issue with quoracy at REC meetings. Only Phase 1 REC in the North West. Page 3 of 4 Appointing authority update for HRA Board (2012.03.22) Yorkshire and the Humber – Leeds East Recruitment to pharmacist position. REC regularly reviews six applications per meeting. Committee is recognised to review CTIMPs and has been without a pharmacist since November 2011. Page 4 of 4 Appointing authority update for HRA Board (2012.03.22)