Does all work undertaken under the auspices of HIC have to be approved? How is approval obtained?
The HIC Executive takes responsibility for the work undertaken by HIC and all projects must be formally approved. Our key principle is that the work must be important to individual or public health. No data can be released from HIC until a project has been registered on our Project Management system. This ensures that all necessary permissions have been obtained, provides an archive for all documentation and an audit trail for all uses of data. HIC Executive insists that research contracts ensure that the researchers have freedom to publish the true findings of their work without influence from the funding body.
