amendments: 23% decrease Unlike applications submitted to NHS Research Ethics Committees, whether an application submitted to CAG is suitable for Precedent Set review is determined by whether precedent advice has been set in relation to the key issues engaged by the application, rather than by the application itself raising no material issues. As with review of new applications submitted to the full Confidentiality Advisory Group, applications for consideration through Precedent Set review are subject to an office assessment stage, as well as review by a sub-group of members, and precedent advice will be reviewed and applied where relevant Summary of applications reviewed by CAG (year to date) Application type Apr-13 Jun-13 Aug-13 Oct-13 Nov-13 Jan-14 Mar-14 Total New full CAG applications 8 6 10 14 4 7 5 54 reported Precedent Set reviews 7 5 6 5 11 7 4 45 reported Amendments reported 7 2 3 4 9 4 13 42 Mean processing time in Apr-13 Jun-13 Aug-13 Oct-13 Nov-13 Jan-14 Mar-14 Target calendar days New applications 49 44 46 45 31 40 36 60 Precedent Set reviews 57 52 48 49 58 47 28 30 Amendments 72 52 34 88 52 35 27 30 No. of applications meeting target Apr-13 Jun-13 Aug-13 Oct-13 Nov-13 Jan-14 Mar-14 Target processing time 7 5 New applications 7 6 8 13 4 60 0 2 Precedent Set reviews 0 0 0 1 0 30 1 11 Amendments 2 0 2 0 2 30 Proportion of applications meeting Apr-13 Jun-13 Aug-13 Oct-13 Nov-13 Jan-14 Mar-14 Target target processing time 100% 100% New applications 88% 100% 80% 93% 100% 100% 0% 50% Precedent Set reviews 0% 0% 0% 20% 0% 100%
amendments: 23% decrease Unlike applications submitted to NHS Research Ethics Committees, whether an application submitted to CAG is suitable for Precedent Set review is determined by whether precedent advice has been set in relation to the key issues engaged by the application, rather than by the application itself raising no material issues. As with review of new applications submitted to the full Confidentiality Advisory Group, applications for consideration through Precedent Set review are subject to an office assessment stage, as well as review by a sub-group of members, and precedent advice will be reviewed and applied where relevant Summary of applications reviewed by CAG (year to date) Application type Apr-13 Jun-13 Aug-13 Oct-13 Nov-13 Jan-14 Mar-14 Total New full CAG applications reported 8 6 10 14 4 7 5 54 Precedent Set reviews reported 7 5 6 5 11 7 4 45 Amendments reported 7 2 3 4 9 4 13 42 Mean processing time in calendar days Apr-13 Jun-13 Aug-13 Oct-13 Nov-13 Jan-14 Mar-14 Target New applications 49 44 46 45 31 40 36 60 Precedent Set reviews 57 52 48 49 58 47 28 30 Amendments 72 52 34 88 52 35 27 30 No. of applications meeting target processing time Apr-13 Jun-13 Aug-13 Oct-13 Nov-13 Jan-14 Mar-14 Target New applications 7 6 8 13 4 7 5 60 Precedent Set reviews 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 30 Amendments 2 0 2 0 2 1 11 30 Proportion of applications meeting target processing time Apr-13 Jun-13 Aug-13 Oct-13 Nov-13 Jan-14 Mar-14 Target New applications 88% 100% 80% 93% 100% 100% 100% 100% Precedent Set reviews 0% 0% 0% 20% 0% 0% 50% 100%