Fig. 5
From: Accessing routinely collected health data to improve clinical trials: recent experience of access
Flow diagram of the PATCH joint application to NHS Digital and National Institute for Cardiovascular Outcomes Research (NICOR) and subsequently handled as separate applications in 2018. (Please note that timeline is not proportional) REC approval for PATCH November 2005. Recruitment opened in April 2006 and is ongoing. CAG, Confidentiality Advisory Group; DAO, data approvals officer; DARS, Data Access Request Service; HQIP, Health Quality Improvement Partnership; HSC-IC, Health and Social Care Information Centre; IGARD, Independent Group Advising on the Release of Data; REC, Research Ethics Committee