Correction slip
Title: Health Research Authority annual report and accounts 2022-23
Session: 2022-2023
HC: 1692
ISBN: 978-1-5286-4294-1
Ordered by the House of Commons to be printed: 6 July 2023
Corrections
The below corrections have been made to the annual report and accounts 2022-23 after it was laid before Parliament on 6 July 2023.
Front cover
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Annual report and accounts 2022 - 2023
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Annual report and accounts 2022-2023
Page 3 - full stops added to end of all bullet points
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- inspiring leadership: enabling people and teams to develop and deliver dynamic, innovative and transformative services and systems
- integrity: being fair, ethical and honest in everything we do
- trusted: being respected for delivering to consistently high standards
- transparent: being accountable and open about all aspects of our work
- collaborative: listening to and working with others to identify and make improvements to the health research environment
- empowering: supporting independent thinking and decision-making
To make it easy to do research that people can trust, we:
- work with people to understand what you want research to look like and act on this so that you can trust research
- make sure that people taking part in research are treated ethically and fairly by reviewing and approving health and social care research studies that involve people, their tissue or their data
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- inspiring leadership: enabling people and teams to develop and deliver dynamic, innovative and transformative services and systems.
- integrity: being fair, ethical and honest in everything we do.
- trusted: being respected for delivering to consistently high standards.
- transparent: being accountable and open about all aspects of our work.
- collaborative: listening to and working with others to identify and make improvements to the health research environment.
- empowering: supporting independent thinking and decision-making.
To make it easy to do research that people can trust, we:
- work with people to understand what you want research to look like and act on this so that you can trust research.
- make sure that people taking part in research are treated ethically and fairly by reviewing and approving health and social care research studies that involve people, their tissue or their data.
Page 4 – full stops added to end of all bullet points
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- work with other organisations across the UK to make sure that, wherever you are, research studies can be set up smoothly and are always subject to the same scrutiny before they start
- work with others to coordinate and standardise the way research is set up and managed
- encourage and support transparency about research so that you can find out what research is taking place, and what it found
- are one of the gatekeepers of patient data making sure that your information is protected if it’s used for research
- put in place and support the digital platforms to help research get set-up and managed in the UK
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- work with other organisations across the UK to make sure that, wherever you are, research studies can be set up smoothly and are always subject to the same scrutiny before they start.
- work with others to coordinate and standardise the way research is set up and managed.
- encourage and support transparency about research so that you can find out what research is taking place, and what it found.
- are one of the gatekeepers of patient data making sure that your information is protected if it’s used for research.
- put in place and support the digital platforms to help research get set-up and managed in the UK.
Page 11 – ‘corporate’ changed to ‘Corporate’
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‘more detail in our corporate governance report on page 24.’
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‘more detail in our Corporate governance report on page 24.’
Page 13 – ‘2023-23’ changed to ‘2023/24’
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- involved a wider group of people in setting our 2023-24 business plan, including the public contributors, REC members and staff voices
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- involved a wider group of people in setting our 2023/24 business plan, including the public contributors, REC members and staff voices
Page 15 – full stop added to final bullet point under ‘be a great place to work’
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- appointed Richard Cooper (NED) as our wellbeing champion and grew the number of Mental Health First Aiders at the HRA by 200% to 12
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- appointed Richard Cooper (NED) as our wellbeing champion and grew the number of Mental Health First Aiders at the HRA by 200% to 12.
Page 16 – full stop added after second bullet point
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- recently saw a decrease of 6% in our staff engagement score in our 2023 staff survey to 76%, below our target by 2% although higher than the industry benchmark of 67%. This is disappointing and we are putting in place an action plan to reverse this trend
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- recently saw a decrease of 6% in our staff engagement score in our 2023 staff survey to 76%, below our target by 2% although higher than the industry benchmark of 67%. This is disappointing and we are putting in place an action plan to reverse this trend.
Page 18 – full stop removed from ‘Staff and HRA Community domestic flights’
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There were no domestic flights during the period of 2022-2023.
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There were no domestic flights during the period of 2022-2023
Page 20 – full stops added to three bullet points under ‘In addition to our core statutory functions…’
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- £3,399,000 revenue and £54,000 capital costs on digital research systems transformation
- £486,000 on building capacity to support the UK research ecosystem making sure that clinical research delivery recovers, is made resilient and grows following the pandemic
- £148,000 on our Think Ethics programme, putting people and ethics at the heart of health and social care research
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- £3,399,000 revenue and £54,000 capital costs on digital research systems transformation.
- £486,000 on building capacity to support the UK research ecosystem making sure that clinical research delivery recovers, is made resilient and grows following the pandemic.
- £148,000 on our Think Ethics programme, putting people and ethics at the heart of health and social care research.
Page 21 – changed ‘31 March 2023’ to ‘31st March 2023’
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Our cash balance at 31 March 2023 is £530,000 higher than the year before.
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Our cash balance at 31st March 2023 is £530,000 higher than the year before.
Page 24 – two commas and a full stop added to end of bullet points
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- the respective roles and responsibilities of each organisation
- the shared principles that underpin our relationship
- the arrangements for ensuring DHSC can fulfil its responsibilities
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- the respective roles and responsibilities of each organisation,
- the shared principles that underpin our relationship,
- the arrangements for ensuring DHSC can fulfil its responsibilities.
Page 24 – quote marks removed from ‘Corporate governance in central government departments: code of practice 2017’
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The HRA is fully compliant with relevant principles around governance best practice for public service as set out in ‘Corporate governance in central government departments: code of good practice 2017’.
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The HRA is fully compliant with relevant principles around governance best practice for public service as set out in Corporate governance in central government departments: code of good practice 2017.
Page 27 – sentence ‘Any expenses claimed by Board members….papers from the Board meetings.’ Taken out as a bullet point and added as a stand-alone sentence.
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- Any expenses claimed by Board members are published on the HRA website, alongside minutes and papers from the Board meetings.
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Any expenses claimed by Board members are published on the HRA website, alongside minutes and papers from the Board meetings.
Page 44 – ‘https://’ added to the front of the URL
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The 2016 valuation reports can be found on the NHS Pensions website at www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/nhs-pension- scheme-accounts-and-valuation-reports
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The 2016 valuation reports can be found on the NHS Pensions website at https://www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/nhs-pension- scheme-accounts-and-valuation-reports
Page 46 – ‘January to December 2022’ changed to ‘January -December 2022’
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Period covered: January to December 2022
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Period covered: January - December 2022
Page 49 – ‘During the year five members of staff’ changed to ‘During the year 5 members of staff’
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During the year five members of staff (4.8 FTE) were union officials at the HRA.
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During the year 5 members of staff (4.8 FTE) were union officials at the HRA.
Page 50 – ‘Health Research Authority incurred five losses’ changed to ‘Health Research Authority incurred 5 losses’
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For the year-ended 31 March 2023 the Health Research Authority incurred five losses totalling £981 (2021-22 £29,684).
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For the year-ended 31 March 2023 the Health Research Authority incurred 5 losses totalling £981 (2021-22 £29,684).
Page 74 - ‘9. Cash and cash equivalents’ table text
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Comprising:
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Comprising:
Government banking service
Page 75 - ‘11. Provisions for liabilities and charges analysis’ table text
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- not later than one year
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Expected timing of cash flows at 31 March 2023
- not later than one year
Date of corrections: 17 July 2023