Researcher is a health care professional providing health care to an adult and/or child |
Yes, if done once this is Regulated Activity (new definition). Requires enhanced DBS + appropriate barred list check |
Yes, if there is direct contact |
HRC |
Researcher provides health care to an adult and/or child under the direction or supervision of a health care professional |
Yes, if done once this is Regulated Activity (new definition). Requires enhanced DBS + appropriate barred list check |
Yes, if there is direct contact |
HRC |
Researcher provides personal care to an adult or child |
Yes, if done once this is Regulated Activity (new definition). Requires enhanced DBS + appropriate barred list check |
Yes, if there is direct contact |
HRC |
Researcher is a social care worker providing social work which is required in connection with any health care or social services to an adults who is a client or potential client |
Researcher undertakes the following activities unsupervised: teach, train, instruct, care for or supervise children, or provide advice/guidance on well-being, or drive a vehicle only for children; with likely direct bearing on the quality of care |
Yes, if done regularly this is Regulated Activity. Requires enhanced DBS + barred list check |
Yes, if there is direct contact |
HRC |
Researcher has opportunity for any form of contact with children in the same Children's Hospital (formerly a specified place) but is not providing healthcare or other types of regulated activity and has no direct bearing on the quality of care |
Yes, if done regularly enhanced DBS (pre-Sept 2012 definition). No barred list check |
Yes, if there is direct contact |
LoA |
Researcher has access to persons in receipt of healthcare services in the course of their normal duties but is not providing health care or other types of regulated activity and has no direct bearing on the quality of care (‘Access’ relates to where individuals will have physical, direct contact with patients e.g. observation, qualitative interviews, focus groups) |
Yes, standard |
Yes, if there is direct contact |
LoA |
Researcher has indirect contact with patients or service users but is not providing healthcare or other types of regulated activity and has no direct bearing on the quality of care (e.g some types of telephone interview) |
No |
No |
LoA |
Researcher requires access to identifiable patient data derived from health records, tissues or organs with a likely direct bearing on the quality of care |
No |
Yes, only if working with tissues or organs in NHS facilities |
HRC |
Researcher requires access to identifiable patient data derived from health records, tissues or organs with no direct bearing on the quality of care |
No |
Yes, only if working with tissues or organs in NHS facilities |
LoA |
Researcher requires access to anonymised patient data derived from health records, tissues or organs only (including by research staff analysing data) |
No |
Yes, only if working with tissues or organs in NHS facilities |
LoA (only if reviewed in NHS facilities) |
Researcher is working on NHS premises (e.g. laboratory) only (no access to identifiable data) |
No |
Yes, only if working with tissues or organs in NHS facilities |
LoA |
Researcher requires direct contact with staff only but no access to patients (e.g. staff interviews) |
No |
No |
LoA (if in NHS facilities) |
Researcher requires access to identifiable staff data only |
No |
No |
LoA (if in NHS facilities) |
Researcher requires access to anonymised staff data only |
No |
No |
LoA (if in NHS facilities) |