Written in Access 97 and Active Server Pages, this system provides a facility for the R&D department, which is located on several sites, to administer applications for research and development, and the ethics process associated with it.

LTUH have used disparate systems to manage this work for some years. This project has combined and rationalised these systems to provide a single point of access for many managers and clerical workers. The systemnot only manages the information associated with the Trusts R&D projects, it also produces letters and mailing lists, straight from the internet.

There is a complex set of information associated with a research and development project. Each project needs to be reviewed by ethics committees and all associated information needs to be tracked in an auditable manner so that 'worst case scenarios' can be avoided. The web site provides an interface to a highly complex database structure (the design of which was part of the project)

Key Benefits

Single point of access for several sites within the Trust.
Standardisation of letters and ability to record what communications have been received and made, providing an audit trail of the review process

Sample screens

Below are some screen dumps of the system.

One of the initial project entry screens

Part of the ethics process, whereby members of an ethics committee respond to a submission, with reasons for their response