New codes are now available for GP practices to record patient dissent or withdrawn dissent to participate in research.
The new codes will help to identify and exclude patients from health informatics tools, if they dissent from receiving invitations to research opportunities in Primary Care.
- These codes aim to improve the ability for people to participate in research and widen opportunities for people to be involved in research
- This approach assumes everyone registered at a GP practice could be invited unless they explicitly dissent from being contacted for this purpose
The new codes will provide consistent standards for research, underpinning good governance and public confidence, support a relationship between care providers and their patients and empower patients by giving them a choice. The code reduces the risk of bias by respecting patients’ choices and will assume invitation to research unless someone dissents. This change in approach is supported by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) and the Health Research Authority (HRA).
If you are currently a patient registered with us at Fremington Medical Centre, and you dissent from being contacted for research purposes, please contact us to let us know and we will add the appropriate code to your record.
For more information, please visit the link below:
https://www.nihr.ac.uk/documents/research-codes-for-primary-care/11747