Research Passport and Letter of Access Procedure

Please check with your Principal Investigator that permission to conduct the research in the NHS organisation has been granted. The Research Passport does not remove the need to apply to the R&D department of the NHS organisation for permission or to apply for ethical review.

1. Download the UCL version of the Research Passport Form not the NHS RP Form.

2. Read the Guidance

3. Complete:

Section 1 – Details of the Researcher
Section 2 – Details of the Research
Section 3 – Declaration by Researcher

4. Ask your line manager (or other authorised person) to complete sections 4 and 5.2.

5. Section 5 – Organisational checks

Question 8 CRB disclosures:

Staff

Contact your HR Consultancy Assistant.
Researchers at the Institute of Child Health and the Institute of Neurology should use their local HR departments.

Students

Contact Registry and Academic Services at ras@ucl.ac.uk , tel. 020 7679 3203, int. tel. 33203 to make an appointment.

Question 8.1 Occupational Health Screening (needs to be signed by Occupational Health on completion of screening)

You must complete the Occupational Health Screening Forms and contact ohsadmin@ucl.ac.uk , tel: 020 7679 2802, int. tel. 32802 for an appointment. Physical location: 4th floor, Health Centre Building, 3 Gower Place.

Please note that you must only complete pages 1 and 3, page 2 will be completed at your appointment. Please take any immunisation evidence requested on page 2 to your appointment. (see Requirements for OH Screening for guidance)

Managers must confirm a research passport is required by signing a Job Hazard form and send it directly to the Occupational Health Department. An appointment cannot be made until this form has been received.

6. Attach the required documents to the form and complete Section 6.

7. Take the completed Research Passport form with attachments to the R&D office of the NHS organisation where you will conduct most of your research.

Contacts for further information

For queries in relation the categorisation of a research project and the need for a research passport/letter of access please contact the Research Office of the lead Trust for your research. For queries in relation to research at UCLH and Royal Free please contact:

Alka Mistry
Research Coordinator,
Joint Research Office, 1st floor Maple House, Tottenham Court Road.
alka.mistry@uclh.nhs.uk Tel: 020 3447 9158

For all queries in relation to the procedure for obtaining a research passport/honorary contract or general queries in relation to pre-engagement checks:
Anne-Marie Howard
HR Policy and Planning
University College London
anne-marie.howard@ucl.ac.uk

Once the form has been authorised by one NHS organisation it becomes a valid Research Passport that you can provide to other NHS organisations for the issue of honorary NHS contracts.

HR Policy and Planning
Updated May 2012