Beaumont Hospital Quality and Standards Department
Persons conducting Service Evaluation Exercises in Beaumont Hospital are requested to notify the Quality and Standards Department.
The Contact Details of the Beaumont Hospital Quality and Standards Department are as follows: -
Quality and Standards Manager
Room 27, St. Raphael's Portacabins
Lower Ground Floor
Beaumont Hospital
Dublin 9
Tel: 00 353 1 809 2077
Ascertaining if your project is indeed a research study as opposed to a service evaluation exercise or clinical audit can be difficult. The following documents and websites may be of assistance:
Beaumont Hospital Ethics (Medical Research) Committee Guidelines
A Guide for Clinical Audit, Research & Service Review [excellent document]
Ethics and Clinical Audit and Quality Improvement
Nottingham University Hospitals Clinical Audit and Service Evaluation Procedure (See Appendix on pages 16 and 17 which focuses on 'information governance,' albeit in the UK)
A common question raised by healthcare professionals is if they can publish service evaluation. The following guidance for Journal Editors might help to answer this question.
COPE - Committee on Publication Ethics
