Peer Review Service
The Research Governance Framework stipulates that all proposed research should be subject to expert, independent peer review as a prerequisite for receiving Trust or ethical approval. A significant number of 'own account' studies (i.e. research which does not receive external funding or which is supported through Trust charitable funds) have not in the past provided evidence of peer review, or have provided peer review that is not as sufficiently independent. In order to assist researchers, the Oxford R & D Consortium has established a free scientific Peer Review Service, provided by the Centre for Statistics in Medicine, supported by the R & D Support Consortium and the University of Oxford. This service is available to NHS researchers in Trusts across the Consortium (i.e. Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals NHS Trust, the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre NHS Trust, Oxfordshire Learning Disabilities NHS Trust and the Oxfordshire Mental Healthcare NHS Trust) and researchers from the University of Oxford who are undertaking research at Consortium Trusts.
Below are 2 documents:
i) Guidance notes for applying to the Peer Review Service and a brief guideline for protocol writing
ii) A very short application form (which can be completed electronically)
