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Introduction
The Children's Health Services District Ethics Committee provides best-practice clinical care for children and young adults, promotes research and is a major centre for both undergraduate and postgraduate teaching in all aspects of paediatrics and child health.
Within the Hospital and its Health Services District the Ethics Committee considers, oversees, approves and counsels on all matters relating to bioethics. The Ethics Committee is an advisory committee to Queensland Health through the District Manager to whom it reports directly. The Committee is a resource for all members of staff, is available for consultation by any member of the public with children affiliated with the Hospital and its work, and has a major and integral role in all research involving either patients or staff of the Hospital and its District. Like all Institutional Ethics Committees, the Committee represents the ethos, mores and principles of society more generally, in this case the broader Queensland community. In one important sense the Committee guarantees the safety and wellbeing of children on behalf of the general community and specifically on behalf of the Hospital which serves it.
A significant proportion of the workload of the Ethics Committee is the consideration, approval and monitoring of research conducted within the Royal Children's Hospital Brisbane and the Children's Health Services District. Between 100 and 200 new research proposals are considered by the Committee each year. The Committee meets in person every 6 weeks but many submissions are considered and approved out of session.
An important term of reference is to encourage and promote best-practice research. The policy of the Children's Health Services District is that best-practice bioethics is an integral and inescapable component of all research whether this be experimental or observational. To this end, the Ethics Committee regards its deliberations, counsel, advocacy and input into each and every research project as an enjoined component of the research carried out in the Hospital's name.
Enquiries
Mrs Amanda Smith
Ethics Officer
Children's Health Services District
c/ Department of Paediatrics & Child Health
Level 3, Foundation Building
Herston QLD 4029
Phone: 07 3636 9167
Fax: 07 3365 5455
Email: AmandaJ_Smith@health.qld.gov.au
How to Apply
All applications should be addressed to:
Mrs Amanda Smith
Ethics Co-ordinator
c/ Department of Paediatrics & Child Health
Level 3, Foundation Building
Royal Children's Hospital
HERSTON QLD 4029
All applications are to be submitted on the online Qld Health NEAF: http://www.ethicsform.org/au
On submission, you will need to send:
• One collated original application (including; Submission Covering Sheet, NEAF, Information & Consent Forms (parent/guardian & child/adolescent) and questionnaires.
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• 12 collated double-sided copies including all of the above.
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• One copy of Investigator’s Brochure (if applicable).
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• All submissions should be accompanied by a covering letter, signed by the Principal Investigator providing a brief outline of the proposed study.
Meeting Dates
The Committee normally meets every 6 weeks on a Monday at 1500 hours. Extra-ordinary meetings are convened if required. The Ethics Officer must receive applications two weeks prior to the next scheduled meeting date.
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2009 Meeting Dates |
Closing Dates for Submission |
| Monday 2nd February | Monday 19th January |
| Monday 16th March | Monday 2nd March |
| Monday 11th May | Monday 27th April |
| Monday 22nd June | Tuesday 9th June |
| Monday 27th July (NB: CHANGE OF DATE) |
Monday 13th July |
| Monday 14th September | Monday 31st August |
| Monday 26th October | Monday 12th October |
| Monday 7th December | Monday 23rd November |
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