York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust provides a comprehensive range of acute hospital and specialist healthcare services for approximately 800,000 people living in and around York, North Yorkshire, North East Yorkshire and Ryedale - an area covering 3,400 square miles.
The Research & Development Office strive to increase the opportunities for patients and their families to be informed about, and involved in, our research and research processes.
The information on these pages will be relevant to York Hospital staff NHS Foundation Trust staff who are planning their own research study.
This section contains the Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and Guidance documents issued by the R&D Unit.
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SOPs and Guidance
| Title | Number | Version Number | Implementation Date | Related Documents |
| Archiving of Laboratory Research Files | R&D/S34 | 3.0 | 24th April 2023 | None |
| Laboratory Research Clinical Trial Set-Up | R&D/S35 | 3.0 | 13th February 2023 | &D/F13, R&D/F28, R&D/F31, R&D/F32, R&D/F51, R&D/F53, R&D/F62, R&D/F72, R&D/T07, R&D/T09 |
| Processing Amendments in the Laboratory Research Team | R&D/S78 | 2.0 | 21st September 2022 | R&D/F23 |
| Processing Laboratory Research Samples | R&D/S94 | 4.0 | 16th September 2021 | R&D/T60 |
| R&D Laboratory Connected Automated Monitoring and Temperature Monitoring System | R&D/S41 | 3.0 | 16th August 2023 | None |
| Training Manual & Competencies for Research HSAP | R&D/S86 | 2.0 | 16th August 2022 | None |
| Use of the R&D Laboratory Centrifuges | R&D/S84 | 2.0 | 16th August 2022 | R&D/F75 |
| Title | Number | Version Number | Implementation Date | Related SOP |
| Centrifuge Maintenance Log | R&D/F85 | 3.0 | 16th August 2022 | R&D/S84 |
| Histopathology Specimen Log | R&D/F53 | 2.0 | 12th August 2019 | R&D/S35 |
| Laboratory Investigator Site File (ISF) Audit | R&D/F13 | 3.0 | 13th February 2023 | R&D/S35 |
| Laboratory Amendment Log | R&D/F23 | 1.0 | 16th October 2017 | R&D/S78 |
| Laboratory Research Clinical Trial Set Up Form | R&D/F73 | 4.0 | 31st August 2020 | R&D/S35 |
| Specimen Destruction Log | R&D/F28 | 1.0 | 23rd October 2017 | R&D/S35 |
| Self-assessment of GCP compliance within the Laboratory | R&D/F30 | 1.0 | 22nd January 2018 | R&D/S94 |
| Specimen Deviation Log | R&D/F31 | 3.0 | 12th August 2019 | R&D/S35 |
| Specimen Location Log | R&D/F32 | 2.0 | 12th August 2019 | R&D/S35 |
| Specimen Receipt Log | R&D/F51 | 2.0 | 12th August 2019 | R&D/S35 |
| Specimen Shipping Log | R&D/F62 | 2.0 | 12th August 2019 | R&D/S35 |
| Specimen Incubation Log | R&D/F74 | 2.0 | 31st August 2020 | R&D/S35 |
| Staff Signature & Training Log | R&D/F72 | 1.0 | 23rd October 2017 | R&D/S35 |
| Title | Number | Version Number | Implementation Date | Related SOP |
| Competency Assessment for the Preparation of Blood Smears | R&D/T49 | 1.0 | 28th March 2022 | None |
| Histopathology Site File Contents Page | R&D/T63 | 1.0 | 23rd May 2018 | R&D/S35 |
| Laboratory Site File Contents Page | R&D/T07 | 2.0 | 2nd October 2019 | R&D/S35 |
| Laboratory Research Equipment Maps | R&D/T35 | 1.0 | 5th January 2018 | R&D/S94 |
| Spine Template | R&D/T09 | 2.0 | 2nd October 2019 | R&D/S35 |
| Storage Box Sample Location Log | R&D/T60 | 2.0 | 12th August 2019 | R&D/S94 |
| Title | Number | Version Number | Implementation Date |
| Change to eGFR Calculation - April 2019 | R&D/G09 | 1.0 | 17th April 2019 |
| Analyte Reference Interval | R&D/G10 | 3.0 | 1st October 2020 |
1st April 2023 – 31st March 2024
York & Scarborough
50 research studies open to recruitment
3246 patients recruited into clinical trials
