Policies, SOPs and Guidance

Here you’ll find the essential documents you need to plan and conduct your research with confidence, including SOPs and policies and guidance notes. These resources set out the standards, responsibilities, and best practices that ensure our studies are conducted safely, ethically, and in line with regulations.

Please refer to these pages regularly, as the most up-to-date versions will be published here.

If you have any questions about the documents, please contact the QA team.

Policies

ACCORD policies for information and advice around various areas of clinical research and NHS Lothian BioResource policies.

SOPs

A list of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and supporting templates, grouped under relevant areas of research governance and clinical research.

Guidance

Key guidance, flowcharts, and resources to support researchers through the clinical research pathway.

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