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The Caldicott Review recommends how personal data should be used for research
Dame Fiona Caldicott has recommended that data that could identify patients be processed in "safe havens".
Posted in: Policy
Five recommendations for the government to support UK research
April 23, 2013
by beckypurvis
Ahead of the spending round, the Academy of Medical Sciences yesterday joined with the other UK national academies to recommend five actions for the government to keep the UK a world leader in research.
Posted in: Policy
How can the charity perspective shape guidance on core outcomes for clinical research?
April 19, 2013
by Anna Perman
The COMET initiative want to involve charities in shaping Core Outcome Sets. But what are they and why are they important for medical research?
Posted in: Research
Your say on our draft statement on access to patient data for research
April 17, 2013
by beckypurvis
We are revising our statement on the use of patient data for research and we would like your thoughts to help us shape this.
Posted in: Policy
An opportunity for our members to support open access through Europe PMC
April 11, 2013
by Anna Perman
We are offering an opportunity for our member charities to become funders of the open access resource Europe PubMed Central through an 'uplift' to their AMRC membership.
Posted in: Research
How can we get the most from charity-industry collaborations?
April 4, 2013
by Anna Perman
We brought together industry and charity representatives for a day long workshop - read more about what we found out.
Posted in: Research
Proposed changes to the EU’s update of data protection could be bad for research
March 26, 2013
by beckypurvis
AMRC joins medical research funders to support a joint statement explaining why the rapporteur's proposed changes are bad for research.
Posted in: Policy
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