For your chance to shape the future of how we support Commercial Research in Primary Care
The East Midlands RDN Research Activity App has been developed to provide Research Active Sites in the East Midlands with a streamlined and comprehensive process to record all clinical research related activity at your sites to support you with study delivery, RSI Performance, Management and Training of Research Staff and the Claiming of Service Support Costs.
Dental Practices can collaborate under the Research Site Initiative Scheme
Under this model, Dental practices apply for the scheme together as one collaborative partnership and are recognised on the RSI scheme as one site. Each practice may still have its own individual responsibilities, but the collaboration allows for shared resources, expertise, and a collective approach to delivering research initiatives. KPIs will be met as a collective rather than as individual sites.
Lead Site: One site is designated as the lead site, which receives the single RSI payment on behalf of the other participating sites. The lead site must have research trained staff, including a clinical and non-clinical research lead. This site will assume responsibility for meeting with the RDN Primary Care Research Team for progress and monitoring meetings.
Funding Distribution: The lead site is responsible for managing and distributing the funding to the collaborating sites according to their local agreement. This can involve allocating funds for specific activities or research tasks.
Hub and Spoke Model: In some cases, the lead site may conduct most or all of the research activities, using the collaborating sites’ patient lists for participant eligibility and recruitment. This structure is referred to as a hub and spoke model, where the lead site acts as the central hub, and the collaborating sites act as the spokes.
KPI Completion: KPIs will be met as a collective rather than as individual sites.
Monitoring: For monitoring purposes, the entire collaboration is treated as a single entity. For example, if the group is required to complete five studies, the total number of studies across all sites must add up to five, rather than each site completing five studies individually. Monitoring and Progress meetings with the RDN Primary Research team will be completed with the Lead site.
View the Full Level 1 RSI Agreement
View the Full Level 2 RSI Agreement