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Making a submission

Making a submission for a research project at CAHS

Making a submission

The WA Health Research Governance Framework governs the scientific, ethical and site governance review and approval, and the conduct and monitoring of human research within WA public health organisations. 

The policy and procedures apply to WA Health employees and non-WA Health employees (including clinical and non-clinical university academics) who propose to undertake, manage, review and govern human research involving patients, their tissue or data accessed through WA Health. 

Research projects cannot commence at the Child and Adolescent Health Service (CAHS) sites until they have: 
  • ethical and scientific approval (HREC approval)
  • site governance approval 
The ethical and site governance reviews are independent processes, but usually conducted in parallel. 

CAHS retains the right not to authorise a research project at its sites, even if the project has ethical approval and/or site approval at other institutions. 

Preparing a research budget 

All research projects conducted in WA Health must have a budget that accounts for the cost of the project and allocates funding to cover those costs. Funding can be monetary or ‘in-kind’, but there must be a source of funding attached to all costs, including staff time and consumables. 

Many researchers find completing a budget for their project to be challenging. There are a number of presentations and resources available to assist: 
  • RGS budget form presentation (PDF 3.5MB) 
  • Budgets for conducting research in WA Health handout (PDF 1MB) 
For assistance in calculating salary related research costs and completing the budget section of the SSA form, the following template and example are available: 
  • WA Health research budget template (Excel 150KB) 
  • WA Health research budget template – example (Excel 150KB) 
Please note, these are offered as examples. Please ensure you speak with your Business/Operations Manager to ensure you use the correct rates, allowances and most up to date costing procedures applicable to your project budget. 

For additional assistance in compiling clinical trial budgets (and other research projects) refer to Independent Hospital Pricing Authority's (IHPA) Determination of Standard Costs Associated with Conducting Clinical Trials in Australia June 2015. 

Clinical Trial Registration 

Trial registration involves posting the details of a trial’s design, conduct and administration on a publicly accessible database known as a clinical trial registry. The National Statement obligates researchers to ensure that their clinical trial is registered in a publicly accessible database before recruitment of the first participant. 

The International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) also has a policy requiring trial registration prior to publication. The Declaration of Helsinki now also states that “every clinical trial must be registered in a publicly accessible database before recruitment of the first subject.” 

Trial registration is also important for participant recruitment because it allows people interested in participating in a clinical trial to search for relevant clinical trials on a single website. Registration also assists health professionals to identify relevant trials for their patients. 

Researchers should register trials as early as possible and ensure information such as contact details and trial status is kept up to date. The details of trial registration are required in RGS. 
  • Australian Clinical Trials
  • Australian New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry (ANZCTR)

Last Updated: 18/06/2021
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