RCGP Research and Surveillance Centre 

RCGP Research and Surveillance Centre 

The Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) Research and Surveillance Centre (RSC) are excited to announce that they are continuing to expand their sentinel practice network and are looking for new members to join.  The Centre was founded in 1957 and since then it has been an active research and surveillance unit that collects and monitors data, with more than 460 member practices across England.  Most of these research studies are adopted through the NIHR Research Delivery Network (RDN), so if practices join the network they could help contribute to practice study participant recruitment.

 Members will benefit from:

1. Payment for promptly returning signed agreements - £50 if completed within one week of receipt

2. Free access to paid E-learning training – reimbursement for up to 3 people for their time (£30 per person) - a certificate will be provided as evidence for CPD

3. Payments for workload questionnaire completion - £75 per questionnaire; two to be completed

4. Opportunity to participate in funded research – streamlined access to commercial and non-commercial studies, funding aligned with the RDN’s costing templates

5. Individual support – dedicated team of Practice Liaison Officers provide individual practice support and training

6. Unlimited access to an individual dashboard - continuous feedback on coding.  This can in turn be used as evidence of constant quality improvement for CQC inspection

7. Free Research Ready Advanced accreditation - standard fee of £50 per year applies for non-RSC members