Information for staff

Good Clinical Practice (GCP) is the international ethical, scientific and practical standard to which all clinical research is GCP training conducted.

Compliance with GCP provides public assurance that the rights, safety and wellbeing of research participants are protected and that research data are reliable.

If you are on a study delegation log it is Trust policy that you are in possession of a current (less than 2 years old) GCP training attendance certificate.

Everyone involved in the conduct of clinical research must be competent to perform their tasks, qualified by education, training and experience.

This is a requirement of the Research Governance Framework for Health and Social Care 2005, the policy covering all research in the NHS in England, and in law (SI 2004/1031, Schedule 1, Part 2, 8) for those people working on clinical trials.

NIHR CRN GCP courses are available free of charge to the NHS, UK universities, and other publicly funded organisations conducting and supporting clinical research.

I know what course I am looking for: If you know which course you would like to access, go straight to http://learn.nihr.ac.uk/

If you haven’t used CRN Learn before, we suggest you read https://sites.google.com/a/nihr.ac.uk/crn-learn-help/

Please contact [email protected] or [email protected] for further details. A copy of your certificate will be held with our records and reminders of updates will be emailed to you at the appropriate time.