General Guidance and Additional Reference Material
08 November 2019
(updated: 23 June 2023)
HSE National Policy for Consent in Health and Social Care Research 2023
(PDF, 9.45MB)
ICGP REC position on HSE National Policy for Consent in Health and Social Care Research
(PDF, 423KB)
Trainee Research Projects- Research Ethics and GDPR Guidance
Guidance on Information Principles for informed consent
Ethics and Data Protection Guidance from the European Commission
MEDISEC Note on health research regulations and indemnity cover
The Health Research Regulations (2018)
Health Research Consent Declaration Committee website
HRCDC Decision Flowchart - Do I need to apply for a consent declaration?
Irish Journal of Medical Sciences Article - GDPR An Impediment To Research
Correspondence from DPC to HRDPN
Joint Controller Considerations
EU Data Protection Working Party opinion on the concepts of controller and processor
Audit and GDPR FORUM article
Explicit Consent Checklist for Health Research
Guidance from HRCDC on HRR Amendments
Guide to What Constitutes a Substantial Amendment - NREC
Hospital and CHO DPO Contacts
Data Protection Impact Assessments | Data Protection Commissioner