Group Remit
The Working Smarter Group started in the spring of 2021, when a number of CTU representatives began informally discussing remote Serious Adverse Event reporting. Recognising the opportunity provided by the increasing move to electronic and/or fully online working more generally, their remit expanded to encompass the following:
- Develop smarter and quicker ways of SAE processing.
- Reduce the need for the completion of paper SAE forms.
- Build on the more virtual forms of SAE processing that the COVID-19 lockdown necessitated whilst remaining regulatory compliant.
Ongoing Work
The group continues to meet to share experiences and expertise. They also have an active mailing list which members use to share queries and solutions around commonly occurring issues.
Outputs
Report on the use of electronic safety reporting systems in clinical trials [April 2024]
Group Membership
- Sarah Baos – Bristol Trials Centre
- Heather Barclay – Tayside Medical Science Centre
- Carrie Bayliss – Cambridge Clinical Trials Unit
- Hannah Berntsson – Sheffield Clinical Trials Research Unit
- Judith Cohen – Hull Health Trials Unit
- Keira Fines – Oxford Clinical Trials Research Unit
- Lisa Fox – The Institute of Cancer Research Clinical Trials & Statistics Unit
- Jacqueline Gourlay – Cancer Research UK Clinical Trials Unit
- Marc Jones – NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde
- Emma Laing – Intensive Care National Audit & Research Centre Clinical Trials Unit
- Abby O’Connell – Exeter Clinical Trials Unit
- Pamela Whittaker – Cambridge Clinical Trials Unit
- Katie Wilkinson – The Institute of Cancer Research Clinical Trials & Statistics Unit
- Bronwen Williams – Hull health Trials Unit
