Governance & Ethics

To ensure the creation, curation, and use of our regulatory-grade datasets for observational research follow robust and standardised procedures, these are coordinated and operated as the Arcturis Real World Data Network research database.  

Foundational to the Network is our Research Governance and Ethics Framework[1], which dictates and supports the objectives of the network: 

• Public Good: Real-World Evidence generation has clear benefits for clients and serves the public good. 
• Confidentiality and Data Security: Patient confidentiality is protected in accordance with recognised standards of data security.   
• Quality Management: Methods of clinical data access, curation, analysis and delivery are subject to sufficient  human oversight to maintain data integrity and quality to recognised standards. 
• Legal and Regulatory Compliance: The use and processing of clinical data is consistent with applicable legal and regulatory requirements. 
• Patient and Public Engagement Patients and members of the public are actively engaged and involved in the operation of the Network.  
• Transparency: The access, use and sharing of clinical data is as transparent as possible, and communicated clearly and accessibly to the public. 

The Real World Data Network has received research database ethical approval from the NHS Health Research Authority Yorkshire & The Humber – Leeds East Research Ethics Committee (REC Reference: 24/YH/0164). In line with our conditions of support, all internal and commissioned research projects with clients conducted under the Network’s procedures are regarded by the NHS Health Research Authority has having Research Ethics Committee (REC) approval.  

More information about the Arcturis Real World Data Network is available on our Information for Patients and the Public webpage.

Detailed and technical information about how and why different types of data are processed in relation to the Network is also provided in the Transparency and Privacy Notice webpage.

[1] Adapted from data from the UK Statistics Authority licenced under the Open Government Licence v.3.0